U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC) is a field command of the U.S. Space Force responsible for acquiring and delivering resilient warfighting capabilities to protect the nation's strategic advantage in space. It manages a significant space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense and works with the joint forces, government agencies, academic institutions, industry, and allied organizations. SSC is responsible for space development, acquisition, launch, and logistics, including managing U.S. space launch ranges. Key partners include the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Space Development Agency, Missile Defense Agency, and commercial space industry partners.
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SciTec's customers include the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, U.S. Space Systems Command, the Space Development Agency, and the Missile Defense Agency.
Space Systems Command has projected its contract manifest out to 2029, revealing a more even distribution of contracts going forward.
Space Systems Command projected that SpaceX should anticipate $5.9 billion in contracts under the NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 program to launch 28 missions.
Space Systems Command awarded seven National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contracts.
Earlier in 2023, the U.S. Space Systems Command awarded SciTec a $259 million contract to deliver FORGE.
USSF Space Systems Command did not award any contracts to Blue Origin.
The United States Space Force Space Systems Command announced the newest assignments for the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contract.
USSF Space Systems Command awarded five contracts to SpaceX valued at $714 million.
USSF Space Systems Command awarded Phase 3 Lane 2 contracts on October 1.
USSF Space Systems Command awarded two contracts to United Launch Alliance (ULA) valued at $428 million.
The newly acquired Los Angeles facility is near Space Systems Command.
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman announced that Space Systems Command’s Front Door initiative has been renamed the Space Force Front Door.
Space Force Front Door is operated by Space Systems Command’s Commercial Space Office (COMSO).
More than 750 contracts for new space capabilities were awarded by Space Systems Command during the first half of this year, thanks to connections made through the Space Force Front Door.
Viasat, Inc. is developing a new space-based encryption solution to support data security for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command.
The Satellite Data System (SDS) was developed under a unique management arrangement involving the unclassified Air Force Space and Missile Systems Office.
Space Systems Command expanded its Front Door initiative to connect commercial firms with potential government buyers and now includes over 20 government agencies, including NASA and the National Reconnaissance Office.
U.S. Space Command’s Space Systems Command at Los Angeles Air Force Base placed a $196,700,000 order with the RTX Raytheon segment in Aurora, Colorado for the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX).
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract extension from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command for Phase 2 of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar (NGP) program.
The Space Systems Command plans to launch up to eight R-GPS satellites by 2028 with additional launches planned in phases.