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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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SpaceX launched the U.S. military classified mission USSF-124 on 2024-02-14.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipFeb 14, 2024SpaceX launches U.S. missile-defense satellites

BlueHalo serves as a prime contractor on the U.S. Space Force’s $1,400,000,000 Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative FinancialFeb 13, 2024BlueHalo + Eqlipse Technologies combine forces to provide global defense technology support

The U.S. Space Force requested about $1,200,000,000 for the GMTI program in its five-year 2024–2028 spending plan.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative FinancialFeb 13, 2024Future military target-tracking satellites to be operated by U.S. Space Force

On 2024-02-12 at the Air & Space Forces Association Warfare Conference in Aurora, Colorado, the Department of the Air Force unveiled initiatives to reshape the Air Force and Space Force to concentrate resources on strategic competition with China.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipFeb 13, 2024Space Force continues to tweak plan to partner with commercial industry

Space Force guardians will operate GMTI satellites alongside the National Reconnaissance Office to provide the constellation’s capabilities.

Mentioned as: Space ForceTechnical ProductFeb 13, 2024Future military target-tracking satellites to be operated by U.S. Space Force

The Department of the Air Force on 2024-02-12 unveiled a long-term vision to revamp personnel, operations, and technology to reshape the Air Force and Space Force to focus resources on strategic competition with China.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative GeneralFeb 12, 2024U.S. Air Force and Space Force to realign priorities

An initiative to procure satellite imagery is being developed by the U.S. Space Force's Commercial Space Office (COMSO).

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceTechnical ProductFeb 12, 2024Space Force seen as the more agile branch to adopt new tech

There are currently two spaceplanes in orbit: the US Space Force's X-37B and a Chinese counterpart.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNoiseFeb 12, 2024Review: Dark Star

The U.S. Space Force is coordinating with the National Reconnaissance Office and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to develop a framework that meets combatant command needs without creating conflicting authorities.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceTechnical ProductFeb 12, 2024Space Force seen as the more agile branch to adopt new tech

Eli Peterson, a True Anomaly Senior Automation Engineer, helped prepare the Jackal AOVs to ship from Centennial, Colorado to Vandenberg Space Force Base during the early morning hours of 2024-01-31.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipFeb 12, 2024True Anomaly’s First Autonomous Orbital Vehicles Ready for Launch

L3Harris conducted its first demonstration of an electronic phased array ground antenna in 2021 under a Defense Innovation Unit contract focused on improving satellite communications for the U.S. Space Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative GeneralFeb 9, 2024L3Harris demonstrates digital phased array antenna system

NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 1:33 a.m. EST on 2024-02-08 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative GeneralFeb 8, 2024UPDATE 3: SpaceX launches NASA’s PACE satellite with new capabilities to study climate, ocean and atmosphere

Space Systems Command delivered the USSF-62 Weather System Follow-on – Microwave Space Vehicle from Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipFeb 8, 2024SSC successfully delivers 1st USSF WSF-M satellite to Vandenberg SFB for a March launch

Space Systems Command is the U.S. Space Force field command responsible for acquiring, developing, and delivering resilient space capabilities and technologies.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative GeneralFeb 8, 2024SSC successfully delivers 1st USSF WSF-M satellite to Vandenberg SFB for a March launch

Ball Aerospace delivered the MethaneSAT satellite to Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California 2024-02-05.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipFeb 8, 2024Ball Aerospace Delivers MethaneSAT to Vandenberg Space Force Base for Upcoming Launch

Space startups cannot ignore funding opportunities from agencies like NASA and the Space Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative GeneralFeb 6, 2024Space VCs urge startups to pursue government contracts but stay focused on commercial success

SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, 2024-02-07 at 1:33 a.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission to a sun-synchronous orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipFeb 5, 2024SpaceX is ready to keep pace despite weather and launch NASA’s PACE mission

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $66,000,000 for risk reduction activities and early design work in support of the MUOS Service Life Extension (SLE) program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative FinancialFeb 5, 2024SSC selects Lockheed Martin for early design of next MUOS Satellites

Federal ranges Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Kennedy Space Center, and Vandenberg Space Force Base accounted for 51% of FAA-licensed launches in fiscal year 2020 and 78% in fiscal year 2023.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceTechnical ProductFeb 3, 2024Inland spaceports seek ways to host orbital launches

Firefly Aerospace launched the Victus Nox mission for the U.S. Space Force on 2023-09-14, successfully placing a satellite built by Millennium Space into orbit.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipFeb 2, 2024Firefly to continue responsive launch operations for future Alpha missions
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