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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Space Systems Command manages a $15,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
Space Systems Command manages a $15,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
Space Systems Command is headquartered at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California and is the U.S. Space Force field command responsible for acquiring and delivering resilient warfighting capabilities in and from space.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office and the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command lifted off on 2023-09-10 at 8:47 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission is a joint National Reconnaissance Office and U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command capability to improve space domain awareness.
Inmarsat Government, now part of Viasat, was awarded a Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) Satellite-Based Services (SBS) contract by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) on behalf of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC).
MAG Aerospace is one of 18 vendors the Space Force selected in March for a five-year, $900,000,000 indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract overseen by Space Systems Command.
The Space Systems Command $900,000,000 IDIQ contract supports Space Command and Control (C2).
Space Systems Command is obligating $43,800,000 in fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funds on the award.
Space Systems Command opened SpaceDEN at SSC headquarters in April.
A Small Responsive Launch program began in 2017 between Space Systems Command and DIU to leverage low-cost, high-cadence launch to quickly place small payloads into low Earth orbit and deliver payloads to specific addresses.
Space Systems Command, the National Reconnaissance Office, and United Launch Alliance are preparing to launch the 99th National Security Space Launch mission aboard an Atlas V 551 rocket.
Space Systems Command was stood up on 2021-08-13 to accelerate space-based innovation in response to emerging threats from adversarial nations and pacing challengers.
Space Systems Command manages a $15,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
Space Systems Command’s Fight Tonight competition received more than 80 actionable proposals from SSC and associated personnel and immediately funded the top three proposals.
Space Systems Command’s Space Safari Program Office is partnering with the Defense Innovation Unit on the TacRS mission VICTUS HAZE to identify and build out commercial capabilities for the TacRS program.
Space Systems Command plans to build another SpaceDEN hub in Colorado Springs.
Space Systems Command expanded from 20 to 29 operating locations during its second year of operation.
PAR Government and ICEYE US will deliver near-real-time persistent monitoring services to Department of Defense decision makers under the guidance of Space Systems Command.
The PLEO contract award enables Capella to partner with U.S. Space Systems Command and the U.S. Space Force to broaden access to global 24/7, all-weather imagery for key missions.