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The Space Force continues to procure GPS IIIF satellites manufactured by Lockheed Martin.
The fiscal year 2024 defense budget created a new, separate program element that allows the Space Force to establish a funding line for commercial services.
U.S. Space Force Gen. Stephen Whiting, USSPACECOM commander, hosted French Air and Space General Philippe Lavigne, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, for discussions on the role of space to the NATO Alliance on 2024-04-08.
True Anomaly has been selected for a $30,000,000 U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command contract for the VICTUS HAZE Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission.
The U.S. Space Force will fund $30,000,000 of a total $60,000,000 VICTUS HAZE effort and True Anomaly will leverage $30,000,000 of private capital.
On 2024-04-11, Rocket Lab and True Anomaly secured contracts to launch a tactically responsive space mission for the U.S. Space Force.
Rocket Lab was awarded a $32,000,000 contract by U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command to deliver the VICTUS HAZE Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission.
The U.S. Space Force has ordered a second WSF-M satellite projected to be delivered by 2028.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a U.S. Space Force weather monitoring satellite on 2024-04-11.
True Anomaly was selected for a $30,000,000 U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command contract for the VICTUS HAZE Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission.
Victus Haze is part of the Space Force’s effort to develop more agile space systems similar to the Victus Nox mission that launched in September on a Firefly rocket.
In February 2024 SpaceX launched the USSF-124 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, deploying six U.S. missile defense satellites for the Space Development Agency and the Missile Defense Agency.
On Thursday, 2024-04-11 at 7:25 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the USSF-62 mission to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Rocket Lab has a growing list of U.S. Space Force programs that includes launching the Space Test Program’s Monolith satellite on Electron in 2021.
The U.S. Space Force is undertaking a comprehensive overhaul of the IT infrastructure used at mission control centers at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The final Delta IV Heavy rocket launched on 2024-04-09 at 12:53 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The approximate 10-minute launch window for USSF-62 opens at 7:25 a.m. PT.
The U.S. Space Force plans an annual on-ramping process under Lane 1 that is expected to continue until 2034.
The Falcon 9 first stage supporting USSF-62 will land on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base following stage separation.
The Space Force will evaluate commercial systems based on their ability to improve resilience and reduce risks to military users, including the ability to protect themselves or operate effectively under contested circumstances.