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 seeks providers capable of providing multi-mission manifesting, integration, and operations services beginning in fiscal year 2025 and requested detailed information on each provider’s capabilities, business case analysis, and alternate approaches.
Space Systems Command seeks Blue Origin to challenge United Launch Alliance and SpaceX when their five-year NSSL contracts are up for recompete in 2024.
Space Systems Command terminated the Launch Service Agreement in December 2020 after Blue Origin lost to United Launch Alliance and SpaceX in the NSSL Phase 2 launch services competition.
Space Systems Command signed a cooperative research and development agreement with Blue Origin on 2022-11-18 to enable New Glenn to compete for national security launch contracts once it completes the required flight certification.
Space Systems Command terminated Blue Origin’s Launch Service Agreement in December 2020 after the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 winners were announced.
Space Systems Command established Space Safari last year to develop faster ways to field technologies.
Space Systems Command is procuring new capabilities by working with partners that can take advantage of commercial best practices and existing satellite production.
Tetra-1 was the first prototype awarded under Space Systems Command’s other transaction authority called the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC).
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch vehicle launched the USSF-14 mission with the Space Systems Command’s USSF-44 integrated payload aboard.
Brigadier General Tim Sejba is Space Systems Command’s Program Executive Officer for Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power and supports using the LDPE-2 platform to cost-effectively prototype new elements of future space architectures and provide frequent, low-cost access to orbit for mission partners.
Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, Space Systems Command commander, set a goal to deliver more resilient space capabilities to warfighters by 2026.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command selected General Atomics to host the Argos Advanced Data Collection System payload through its Hosted Payload Services contract vehicle on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at a cost of $64,000,000.
Space Systems Command spent about $134,000,000 on commercial space domain awareness products over the past two years.
Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, head of U.S. Space Systems Command, directed the command’s procurement offices to "buy what we can and only build what we must."
U.S. Space Systems Command selected Firefly Space Transport Services and Millennium Space Systems on 2022-09-30 to conduct a demonstration of a rapid-response space mission to low Earth orbit in 2023.
Space Systems Command awarded a task order to Millennium Space Systems on 2022-08-15 to deliver the space and ground systems for VICTUS NOX.
Space Systems Command awarded a launch service task order to Firefly Space Transport Services on 2022-09-29 for a single launch service for the VICTUS NOX mission.
Space Systems Command seeks improved cooperation with industry, academia, and international partners by lowering the classification level of space domain awareness data.
The Space Systems Command realigned on 2022-09-15 to create the combined program office coordinating missile-warning and missile-tracking satellite procurements.
Space Systems Command awarded the $272,000,000 contract on 2022-09-08.