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U.S. Space Force

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gov defenseFounded 2019
Washington, D.C., United States
www.spaceforce.mil/
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The Crew Flight Test mission is planned to lift off on Monday, 2024-05-06 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipMay 4, 2024ULA launch is imminent as first crewed Boeing Starliner mission readies for ISS

The Space Force requested $29,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2025.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative FinancialMay 2, 2024Space Force flexes muscle as Pentagon’s smallest but vital branch

Since its inception in December 2019, the U.S. Space Force’s budget has nearly doubled to about $29,000,000,000.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative FinancialMay 2, 2024Space Force flexes muscle as Pentagon’s smallest but vital branch

Of the $29,400,000,000 requested for fiscal year 2025, about $23,000,000,000 is allocated to research, development, and procurement of new technologies for the Space Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative FinancialMay 2, 2024Space Force flexes muscle as Pentagon’s smallest but vital branch

SpaceX targeted Thursday, 2024-05-02 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with liftoff targeted for 10:13 p.m. ET and backup opportunities available until 1:17 a.m. ET on Friday, 2024-05-03.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNoiseMay 2, 2024SpaceX launches Maxar’s WorldView mission from California, and another SpaceX Starlink to launch from Florida hours later

The CFT launch is planned for 2024-05-06 at 10:34 p.m. EDT (0234 UTC) from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipMay 2, 2024ULA’s day L-4 update as first crewed Boeing Starliner ready to carry astronauts to ISS

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a pair of Maxar Intelligence imaging satellites on 2024-05-02 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipMay 2, 2024SpaceX launches Maxar’s first WorldView Legion imaging satellites

L3Harris secured a contract on 2024-05-02 to supply critical sensor technology to Millennium Space Systems for a constellation of eight satellites to be produced for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipMay 2, 2024L3Harris scores payload contract for Millennium’s Foo Fighter missile tracking satellites

The first two WorldView Legion satellites were launched on 2024-05-02 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipMay 2, 2024First Two WorldView Legion Spacecraft Performing Well After Launch

Approximately $5,000,000,000 of the Space Force’s fiscal year 2025 proposal is allocated to satellite communications.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative FinancialMay 2, 2024Space Force flexes muscle as Pentagon’s smallest but vital branch

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Maxar 1 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Thursday, 2024-05-02 at 11:36 a.m. PT.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipMay 2, 2024SpaceX launches Maxar’s WorldView mission from California, and another SpaceX Starlink to launch from Florida hours later

The U.S. Space Force was established in December 2019.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative GeneralMay 2, 2024Space Force flexes muscle as Pentagon’s smallest but vital branch

The Atlas V carrying Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is scheduled to launch on 2024-05-06 at 10:34 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipMay 1, 2024Update to ULA’s first human launch of NASA astronauts Wilmore and Williams to ISS

The Space Force allocated $20,000,000 in its fiscal year 2025 budget to study the military utility of space-based services such as refueling.

Mentioned as: Space ForceTechnical ProductApr 30, 2024Saltzman: Space Force still grappling with refueling math

The first two spacecraft of Maxar’s six-satellite WorldView Legion constellation are scheduled to launch as soon as 2024-05-02 on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipApr 30, 2024Airbus outlines plans for future high-resolution imaging satellites

Under the SpaceWERX contract, Gravitics will leverage its commercial space station product architecture to develop orbital platforms for rapid and flexible response options for the United States Space Force.

Mentioned as: United States Space ForceTechnical ProductApr 29, 2024Gravitics Secures $1.7M Space Force Contract for Tactically Responsive Space Development

A Falcon 9 was originally scheduled to launch from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday, 2024-04-17 at 11:30 AM PDT (18:30 UTC) carrying two satellites with a combined mass of 1,500 kg into a sun-synchronous orbit.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipApr 28, 2024SpaceX brings Maxar’s WorldView mission back in view again

Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink small satellites to low-Earth orbit on Sunday, 2024-04-28 at 6:08 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipApr 28, 2024SpaceX ‘two-fer-two’ with second Florida launch in two days as Starlink soars on Sunday

SpaceX may launch Maxar’s WorldView Legion 1 & 2 mission on 2024-05-01 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California between 11:30 AM and 12:24 PM PDT.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipApr 28, 2024SpaceX brings Maxar’s WorldView mission back in view again

The U.S. Space Force is procuring next-generation communications satellites under an estimated $8,000,000,000 program called Evolved Strategic Satcom (ESS).

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipApr 26, 2024Space Force opens bidding for classified communications satellites
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