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The Space Force plans to establish a service component within U.S. European Command based at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
RUNNER-1 will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Transporter-8 rideshare mission from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA.
The U.S. Space Force is ordering three SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer launches.
SpaceX was assigned five Space Development Agency launches to low Earth orbit and the U.S. Space Force classified mission USSF-31.
To date, only one NSSL Phase 2 mission has launched: the USSF-67 mission flown by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy in January.
The Government Accountability Office's 2023-06-08 report provided an update on Space Force satellite programs and identified red flags for some programs.
The Space Force plans to buy two Next-Gen OPIR polar satellites from Northrop Grumman.
On 2023-06-08, the U.S. Space Force launch procurement office assigned an additional 12 missions to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract.
Above Space (formerly Orbital Assembly) aims to develop large rotating space stations and secured a $1,700,000 U.S. Space Force contract in March 2023 to work on technologies for deployable structures.
The Antares first-stage vehicle developed with Firefly engines is designated MLV and is intended to be offered to the Space Force for National Security Space Launch Phase 3.
United Launch Alliance was awarded six NSSL missions: NROL-64, NROL-83, GPS III-08, SDA T1TR-B, SDA T1TR-D, and USSF-114.
The Transporter-8 rideshare mission is scheduled to launch from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA.
The Space Systems Command announced plans to launch a digital engineering ecosystem platform to integrate existing digital engineering efforts across the U.S. Space Force ecosystem.
On 2023-06-05, the U.S. Space Force awarded L3Harris Technologies a $29,000,000 contract to design a sensor payload to track hypersonic missiles from medium Earth orbit.
The Space Force selected Millennium Space Systems and Raytheon Technologies to design sensors for MTC Epoch 1.
Space Force delayed delivery of the next-generation ground control segment in 2022, pushing delivery until at least December 2023.
The Space Force is considering options to restructure the Enterprise Ground Services program or to seek a commercial provider to deliver those services more efficiently.
The Space Force bought two WSF microwave sensing satellites from Ball Aerospace, each estimated to cost about $500,000,000.
Under the EWS program, the Space Force selected two companies last year to develop prototype spacecraft and demonstrate them in orbit.
The Space Force is considering options to acquire small polar-orbiting weather satellites that could launch as early as 2026.