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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Of the $30,000,000 Congress added in 2023, $26,000,000 will be allocated to projects managed by the Space Enterprise Consortium within Space Systems Command.
Space Systems Command’s Innovation and Prototyping Directorate awarded Orion Space Solutions a contract to develop three small satellites that will dock with a hydrazine depot supplied by Orbit Fab in geostationary orbit.
Lockheed Martin's office of international affairs at the Space Systems Command advocates for developing joint systems with allies in an initiative called 'allied by design.'
Space Systems Command manages an $11,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
The Department of the Air Force must provide an update on small business participation in the Space Systems Command’s Commercial Space Office, including the current distribution of contract awards.
The Space Systems Command has partnered on international programs such as deploying U.S. military communications payloads on Space Norway satellites.
The Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) was created in 2017 through the Air Force Space Systems Command to bridge the gap between military buyers and commercial space startups and small businesses through Other Transaction Authorities.
Space Systems Command manages a $15,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
The Space Systems Command’s program executive office for assured access to space awarded ULA and SpaceX five-year NSSL Phase 2 contracts in 2020 to launch as many as 40 missions.
Space Systems Command currently spends about $4,000,000,000 a year on commercial space services, mostly on satellite communications and commercial satellite data.
Space Systems Command opened a new office and conference center in Chantilly, Virginia on 2023-06-06.
The Space Systems Command announced plans to launch a digital engineering ecosystem platform to integrate existing digital engineering efforts across the U.S. Space Force ecosystem.
Under a one-year Other Transaction Authority agreement, L3Harris will design a sensor payload and Space Systems Command has the option to purchase up to three payloads and satellites if the design is successful.
The Space Systems Command’s digital engineering platform is expected to be completed in 2025.
The Space Systems Command posted a request for information seeking industry sources capable of providing a spacecraft bus and integration support for a low Earth orbit, polar-orbiting, sun-synchronous weather sensor.
The Space Systems Command requires Site 2 (EUCOM) to be operational no later than October 2027 and Site 3 (CONUS) to be operational no later than October 2028.
Space Systems Command manages an $11,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
In January, Space Systems Command launched another EWS prototype cubesat built by Orion Space Solutions on the SpaceX Transporter-6 rideshare for a one-year demonstration.
Space Systems Command’s Assured Access to Space awarded a $45,500,000 task order to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation on 2023-05-24 via an Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract.
The OSP-4 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract will provide orbital launch services for the Space Systems Command Space Sensing Directorate’s Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Weather System prototype known as EWS Operational Demonstration-1 for a U.S. Space Force mission designated USSF-261S-A.