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The U.S. Space Force plans to open the next round of launch procurements to a broad range of commercial players.
The Space Force funded nearly $1,000,000,000 of Vulcan development costs.
A Falcon 9 was slated to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 1:38 p.m. Eastern on 2023-02-27 carrying 21 V2 Mini Starlink satellites.
The Space Force selected Vulcan in 2020 to launch 60% of the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 missions.
A second Falcon 9 was slated to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 2:31 p.m. Eastern on 2023-02-27 carrying 51 first-generation Starlink satellites.
The Space Force projects 60 to 70 missions for NSSL Phase 3 between 2025 and 2034.
The U.S. Space Force and the Department of the Air Force manage over 100 satellites that perform strategic missions.
The U.S. Space Force is planning for a rocket cargo program standup in the 2026 timeframe.
The U.S. Space Force considered venture capital funding and companies’ business plans when structuring the Lane 1 incentives to encourage small launch providers to expand into the medium-class market.
Early CASR conversations took place 2023-02-09 and 10 at a forum hosted by Space Systems Command and the Space Force Association in Arlington, Virginia.
Inmarsat launched its I-6 F2 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a flight-proven SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Estimates from the aerospace consulting firm Velos put the Space Force’s classified budget at $3,700,000,000 in 2021 and $6,500,000,000 in 2023.
The U.S. Space Force is exploring arrangements with commercial space companies that manufacture satellites, operate launch vehicles, and provide services such as satellite-based communications and Earth imagery.
SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California earlier the same day to deploy 51 satellites for its broadband constellation to low Earth orbit.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 carrying Inmarsat-6 F2 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on 2023-02-17 with liftoff at 10:59 p.m. Eastern.
The Starlink 4-27 mission launched on a Falcon 9 on 2022-08-19 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida carrying 53 Starlink satellites.
Three months after NOAA-21 launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, an instrument onboard NOAA-21 sent back its first science data.
The U.S. Space Force accepted delivery of the 10th and final GPS 3 satellite built by Lockheed Martin under a 2008 contract.
Mike Tierney predicts the Biden administration’s fiscal year 2024 budget will include a substantial increase for the U.S. Space Force, potentially between $3,000,000,000 and $6,000,000,000 above the fiscal year 2023 request.
Congress enacted significant oversight provisions in the 2023 authorization and appropriations legislation that require the Space Force and the Department of Defense to provide more thorough justification for program funding.