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The USSF-87 payload includes two GSSAP satellites and an ESPA ring carrying smaller payloads.
The first Element satellite is scheduled to launch later in 2025 and is funded partially by CesiumAstro and partially through a U.S. Space Force Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI).
The U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Space Commerce and the U.S. Space Force Joint Commercial Operations cell jointly licensed access to LeoLabs’ Object Catalog in September 2025.
Northwood Space received a $49.8 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to upgrade the Satellite Control Network.
Both the Hawaii Scout site and the Indo-Pacific Seeker site will contribute to LeoLabs’ Global Radar Network and augment U.S. Space Force space domain awareness capabilities.
U.S. firm Maxar, now Vantor, displayed an image at a U.S. Space Force event on November 7, 2024, that may have depicted a spaceplane and noted imaging capabilities up to 1,200 miles (1,930 kilometers).
Northwood disclosed a $49.8 million contract award from the U.S. Space Force to upgrade the Satellite Control Network.
The US Space Force issued a TIP message about the reentry of the second stage of the first Zhuque-3 rocket.
As of January 13, 2026, the U.S. Space Force swapped launch vehicles for GPS satellites so that GPS III Space Vehicle 09 (SV09) would fly on a Falcon 9 and GPS IIIF SV13 would fly on ULA's Vulcan.
Major General Isaac Crespo, head of the Mando del Espacio of the Spanish Air and Space Force, participated and provided an operational defense perspective on space as a critical security infrastructure.
The United States maintains technological and budgetary advantages in space activities that contribute to its asserted 'space superiority' through the USSF.
The GPS III-9 launch exemplifies operational collaboration between SpaceX and the United States Space Force for deploying critical space assets.
The Space Force's "Race to Resilience" frames 2026 as the pivotal year for transitioning to a full-spectrum warfighting architecture.
The U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency awarded a $52.5 million contract to Starfish Space to provide Deorbit-as-a-Service for satellites within the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The United States Space Force is preparing a series of high-profile logistics demonstrations throughout 2026 to prove the feasibility of on-orbit refueling and sustained maneuver concepts.
The United States established the United States Space Force (USSF) in 2019.
Space Force Combat Forces Command Mission Delta 31 managed the space vehicle processing for SV09.
SV09 was launched at 11:53 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The GPS III-9 launch completed SpaceX’s third accelerated mission for the United States Space Force.
The U.S. Space Force launched a GPS III satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on January 27, 2026.