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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The Aerospace Corporation worked closely with the Space and Missile Systems Center and is now working with Space Systems Command.
Space Systems Command has an office that procures commercial SATCOM and is expanding that office's role to include commercial services more broadly.
Space Systems Command is the U.S. Space Force’s Center of Excellence for acquiring and developing military space systems.
Space Systems Command is established at Los Angeles Air Force Base in California.
Space Systems Command was established on 2021-08-13 at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California.
Space Systems Command has an annual budget of $9,000,000,000.
Space Systems Command is the second of three U.S. Space Force field commands to be established following the stand-up of Space Operations Command on 2020-10-21.
The organization now called Space Systems Command was first established as the Western Development Division in 1954.
The U.S. Space Force renamed the Space and Missile Systems Center as Space Systems Command on 2021-08-13.
The Space and Missile Systems Center was re-designated as Space Systems Command headquarters on 2021-08-13 at 10:00 a.m. PDT.
Space Systems Command will assume responsibilities currently performed by the Space and Missile Systems Center and by Space Force launch wings in Florida and California that are not part of SMC.
Space Systems Command will oversee a workforce of about 10,000 people.
Northrop Grumman is partnering with the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center to produce three ESPAStar platforms for Long Duration Propulsive EELV (LDPE) missions.
Space Systems Command will be established in Los Angeles later in 2021 and will replace the Space and Missile Systems Center.
Space Systems Command plans to expand SMC’s existing Commercial Satellite Communications Office so it can acquire other types of commercial capabilities.
The team led by Tim Deaver at SES Government Services won U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Pathfinder 1 and Pathfinder 3 contracts.
Loft Orbital has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract by AFWERX sponsored by the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Portfolio Architect office.
Space Systems Command will officially stand up in the summer of 2021 once all required conditions are met to re-designate the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, as SSC headquarters.
Space Systems Command will provide select administrative and integration support to the Space Rapid Capabilities Office at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
No geographic moves of personnel or units are anticipated as a result of actions required to establish Space Systems Command.