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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In November 2022, Space Systems Command exercised a third production option valued at approximately $744,000,000 for procurement of three additional GPS IIIF satellites from Lockheed Martin.
Space Systems Command manages an $11,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
Space Systems Command delivered the USSF-67 and GPS III SV06 missions for the U.S. Space Force in 61 hours.
HawkEye 360 will provide RF data to support Slingshot Aerospace’s proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing (DEEP) program for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command.
Slingshot Aerospace awarded HawkEye 360 a contract to provide RF data for Slingshot's space-based monitoring and detection of RF threats and to support Slingshot's proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing (DEEP) program for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command.
HawkEye 360’s RF data will support Slingshot Aerospace’s proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing (DEEP) program for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command.
HawkEye 360 will provide data to support Slingshot Aerospace’s proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing (DEEP) program for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Space Systems Command led development of the QZSS-Hosted Payload from a concept in 2018 to hardware ready for delivery in 2023.
The QZSS-Hosted Payload program has been supported by Space Systems Command since its inception in 2018 as a rapid acquisition and pacesetting partnership effort with Japan.
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 and manages an $11,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
Space RCO began working with Space Systems Command to identify launch opportunities for these payloads in 2019.
Space Systems Command describes CBAS-2 as a military communications satellite that provides communications relay capabilities to support senior leaders and combatant commanders by augmenting existing military satellite communications capabilities.
U.S. Space Systems Command plans to release details of the USSF-67 launch window 72 hours before scheduled liftoff.
Space Systems Command was on track on 2022-12-06 to launch two satellites within 70 days of one another.
Space Systems Command launched the Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Weather Systems (EWS) cubesat technical demonstration onboard the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on 2023-01-03 at 9:56 a.m. Eastern (6:56 a.m. Pacific).
The U.S. Space Systems Command launched a cubesat on 2023-01-03 to demonstrate commercial weather imaging technologies for military use.
Ovzon is deepening its collaboration with SSC, which engages with customers, primarily within the Swedish government.
Space Micro is under contract to supply optical terminals to the Space Force Space Systems Command.
Space Systems Command plans to conduct another review of both companies’ spacecraft designs in summer 2023.