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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Northrop Grumman won a $2,370,000,000 contract in 2020 to develop two Next-Gen OPIR polar satellites with infrared sensors to detect and track ballistic and hypersonic missiles for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command.
Space Systems Command manages an $11,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
Space Systems Command delivered the second and final spaceflight-ready payload to Japan for hosting on Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System.
A C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, landed at Yokota Air Base, Japan on 2023-05-10 while assisting Space Systems Command in delivering a second payload for QZSS.
Space Systems Command manages an $11,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
Cailabs will deliver the first NODES optical ground station for installation at the SSC site in Western Australia later 2023.
STEP 2.0 is an initiative within the U.S. Department of Defense Space Test Program (STP) managed by Space Systems Command (SSC).
Space Systems Command’s STEP 2.0 Program Management Office is seeking feedback from U.S.-owned organizations on the Draft RFP through a Comment Resolution Matrix (CRM) process.
Space Systems Command awarded each of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon a $30,000,000 contract on 2023-05-02 to develop prototypes of a ground system for the ESS program.
The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command stated that USSF-106 launch dates and impacts from the Centaur 5 test anomaly are under review pending the ULA investigation.
Space Systems Command manages an $11,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
Space Systems Command is the U.S. Space Force field command responsible for acquiring and delivering resilient warfighting capabilities.
The $11,500,000 task order to Astra was awarded under the U.S. Space Force’s Orbital Services Program OSP-4 as recorded by Space Systems Command on 2023-04-21.
Space Systems Command is a Los Angeles-based organization responsible for developing and buying space technologies for the U.S. military.
Space Systems Command established a commercial services office based in the Washington, D.C. area to oversee procurement of satellite-based services such as communications, imagery, and weather data.
Millennium Space Systems delivered the Tetra-1 spacecraft and ground software to Space Systems Command to enable independent operations.
Tetra-1’s robustness permitted Space Systems Command to work with Space Delta 11 in Space Training and Readiness Command to perform maneuvers dedicated to a live on-orbit training campaign called Scarlet Star.
Space Systems Command is assuming full spacecraft operations for Tetra-1 using procedures developed jointly with Millennium Space Systems.
Millennium Space Systems partnered with the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command for Tetra-1 operations.
Under NSSL Phase 2 the Space Systems Command ordered nine missions from ULA for $1,100,000,000 (about $122,000,000 per launch) and six missions from SpaceX for $774,000,000 (about $129,000,000 per launch).