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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 Space Force uses a residual NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite to collect cloud imagery and perform environmental reconnaissance over the Indian Ocean region.

Mentioned as: Space ForceTechnical ProductSep 28, 2023Space Force accepts second weather satellite through NOAA partnership

SpaceX received its first contract from the U.S. Space Force to provide specialized satellite communications as part of SpaceX’s Starshield program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipSep 28, 2023Starlink’s Starshield wins $70M contract with U.S. Space Force

Artel LLC was awarded a Commercial Satellite Communications Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (p-LEO) contract from the U.S. Space Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceTechnical ProductSep 28, 2023Artel Partners with Rivada for U.S. Space Force's Commercial Satcom p-LEO Contract

The U.S. Space Force awarded the Starshield contract on 2023-09-01.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipSep 28, 2023Starlink’s Starshield wins $70M contract with U.S. Space Force

Engineers and technicians at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station completed the initial buildup of the Atlas V 501 rocket that will launch prototypes of the Project Kuiper broadband system as of 2023-09-28.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipSep 28, 2023ULA’s Atlas V readies for Amazon’s Project Kuiper Protoflight

Xage Security won a $17,000,000 contract to protect the Space Force’s Space Systems Command networks for five years.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative FinancialSep 27, 2023Cybersecurity firm Xage gets $17 million contract to protect Space Force networks

The $17,000,000 contract announced 2023-09-27 covers protection of information networks, satellite ground stations, modems, and other Space Force assets.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipSep 27, 2023Cybersecurity firm Xage gets $17 million contract to protect Space Force networks

Artel LLC was awarded a Commercial Satellite Communications Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (p-LEO) contract by the U.S. Space Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceTechnical ProductSep 27, 2023Artel LLC Partners with Rivada Space Networks for USSF Contract for p-LEO comms

Xage Security won a 2020 contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to study options for end-to-end data protection across military and civilian assets to support command and control for the U.S. Space Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative GeneralSep 27, 2023Cybersecurity firm Xage gets $17 million contract to protect Space Force networks

Under the U.S. Space Force contract, Xage Security Gov will use the Xage Fabric to provide an identity-based zero-trust cybersecurity mesh with distributed enforcement of services at the network edge for Department of Defense systems.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipSep 27, 2023Xage Awarded $17 Million Cybersecurity Contract by U.S. Space Force

Xage Security Gov received a $17,000,000 contract from U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to provide zero trust access control and data protection across SSC’s current and next-generation ground and space architectures.

Mentioned as: space forceOrg RelationshipSep 27, 2023Xage Awarded $17 Million Cybersecurity Contract by U.S. Space Force

Xage Security Gov received a $17,000,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to provide zero trust access control and data protection across SSC’s current and next-generation ground and space architectures.

Mentioned as: space forceOrg RelationshipSep 27, 2023Xage Security Gov awarded million$$ cybersecurity contract by USSF / SSC

The Space Force budget request for 2024 includes $30,000,000 for tactically responsive space and projects another $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2025.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipSep 26, 2023After setting new record for responsive launch, Space Force eyes next challenge

The U.S. Space Force Victus Nox mission was launched by Firefly Aerospace on 2023-09-14.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipSep 26, 2023After setting new record for responsive launch, Space Force eyes next challenge

The Space Force uses a residual NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) to collect cloud imagery and perform environmental reconnaissance over the Indian Ocean region as part of the EWS-G mission.

Mentioned as: Space ForceOrg RelationshipSep 26, 2023U.S. Space Force Accepts Second Geostationary Weather Satellite from NOAA

The U.S. Space Force accepted the transfer of a second geostationary weather satellite from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to extend persistent weather coverage of the Indian Ocean region until the 2030 timeframe.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceTechnical ProductSep 26, 2023U.S. Space Force Accepts Second Geostationary Weather Satellite from NOAA

After NOAA’s new GOES-18 became operational in January 2023 and congressional approval for the transfer was received in June, the Space Force accepted GOES-15 and re-designated the satellite EWS-G2.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative GeneralSep 26, 2023U.S. Space Force Accepts Second Geostationary Weather Satellite from NOAA

The Space Force awarded a $10,000,000 contract to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to evaluate the software and cybersecurity of ground systems for a new classified satellite network.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative FinancialSep 26, 2023Space Force selects university partner to evaluate classified ground systems software

The US X-37B is one of two Boeing-designed spaceplanes utilized by the Space Force as a testing platform for payloads in the space environment.

Mentioned as: Space ForceTechnical ProductSep 25, 2023Hiding in plain sight: Is China’s spaceplane a co-orbital ASAT in disguise?

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit on Monday, 2023-09-25 at 1:48 a.m. PT (08:48 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipSep 25, 2023Monday morning’s successful launch from California of SpaceX’s 21 Starlink smallsats
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