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U.S. Space Force

US
gov defenseFounded 2019
Washington, D.C., United States
www.spaceforce.mil/
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The Space Development Agency is an organization under the U.S. Space Force building the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, a mesh network in low Earth orbit that includes a data transport layer and a missile-tracking sensor layer.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceTechnical ProductAug 29, 2023Space Development Agency’s data-transport satellites get more complex

The U.S. Space Force operates a network of early warning radar sensors used to detect missile threats and track objects in outer space.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipAug 29, 2023SAIC wins $574 million contract to maintain Space Force radar sites

The United States Space Force partnered with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Universities Space Research Association for the University Consortium Research Opportunity 2.0/Space Strategic Technology Institute 1 selections.

Mentioned as: United States Space ForceOrg RelationshipAug 29, 2023USSF awards University Consortium Research Opportunity 2.0

The United States Space Force selected two institutions under the University Consortium Research Opportunity 2.0/Space Strategic Technology Institute 1 to facilitate applied research in Beyond Geostationary Earth Orbit Operations and Space Domain Awareness.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipAug 29, 2023USSF awards University Consortium Research Opportunity 2.0

SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 is a joint National Reconnaissance Office and U.S. Space Force mission to improve space domain awareness.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceTechnical ProductAug 28, 2023UPDATE: Scrubbed ULA’s NRO and U.S. Space Force’s SILENTBARKER/NROL-107

The Leoness satellite bus was selected for the U.S. Space Force’s Tetra 5 in-orbit refueling experiment planned for 2025.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipAug 28, 2023Hera Systems and LeoStella team up to compete for military satellite orders

The SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission is scheduled to launch 2023-08-29 at 8:34 a.m. EDT (5:34 a.m. PDT) from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipAug 28, 2023Space Systems Command’s statement before the scrub of National Reconnaissance Office’s SILENTBARKER/NROL-107

The SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission is planned to lift off on Tuesday, 2023-08-29 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipAug 28, 2023L-1 as ULA readies for NRO and US Space Force’s SILENTBARKER/NROL-107

Since its inception, Free Space secured over $1,500,000 of U.S. Space Force contracts to develop its space domain awareness and autonomy technology.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipAug 28, 2023SCOUT Space Expands its Technical and Defense Capabilities with Acquisition of Free Space

Since its inception, Free Space secured more than $1,500,000 in U.S. Space Force contracts to develop its space domain awareness and security technology.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipAug 25, 2023SCOUT Space acquires Free Space to expand technical capabilities & defense expertise

The U.S. Space Force plans to launch a responsive space mission called Victus Nox 2023 featuring a small satellite built by Millennium Space that will launch on a Firefly Aerospace rocket.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipAug 25, 2023Defense Innovation Unit to sponsor a rapid response space mission

TEMPO launched on 2023-04-07 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as part of NASA's Earth Venture Instrument program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative GeneralAug 25, 2023Ball Aerospace's Pollution Monitoring Instrument Releases its First Images of Earth

A Falcon 9 launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2023-06-12 carrying the Transporter-8 payloads.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipAug 25, 2023Rideshare industry adapting to a changing smallsat market

The U.S. Space Force plans to spend $60,000,000 over the next two years on tactically responsive space demonstrations.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipAug 25, 2023Defense Innovation Unit to sponsor a rapid response space mission

PAR Government Systems Corporation and ICEYE signed a prime contract award for the Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) Satellite-Based Services initiative led by the U.S. Space Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceTechnical ProductAug 24, 2023PAR Government + ICEYE receive million$$$ USSF contract

OneWeb Technologies was awarded a 10-year Commercial Satellite Communications Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (p-LEO) contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command, Commercial Space Office, and Commercial Satellite Communications Office with a $900,000,000 ceiling.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipAug 23, 2023OneWeb Technologies Awarded US Space Force Contract

In 2021, the Air Force and Space Force planned to work with the U.S. intelligence community to pursue a space-based target tracking capability intended to replace JSTARS.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipAug 22, 2023umbra-selected-to-demonstrate-space-based-radar-to-track-moving-targets

SpaceX launched 21 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 2023-08-22.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceOrg RelationshipAug 22, 2023Tuesday, SpaceX scrubs Starlink launch from Cape Canaveral

On 2023-08-22, the European Space Agency received information that 12 days earlier the U.S. Space Force’s 18th Space Defense Squadron had identified several pieces of debris in the vicinity of the Vespa payload adapter.

Mentioned as: space forceTechnical ProductAug 22, 2023Target of European debris removal mission hit by other debris

The PLEO award enables Capella to partner more quickly with Space Systems Command and the U.S. Space Force to broaden access to global 24/7, all-weather imagery for key missions.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space ForceNarrative GeneralAug 21, 2023Capella Federal receives U.S. Space Systems Command award
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