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The U.S. Space Force compressed the Next-Gen OPIR program schedule by 42 months and plans to launch the first satellite by 2025.
In April of 2021, the U.S. Space Force removed Lockheed Martin from the PTS program and selected Boeing and Northrop Grumman to develop PTS prototypes.
The U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office manages $4,600,000,000 worth of contracts, with most contracts for satellite bandwidth rather than for managed services.
Phase Four won a contract on 2021-08-18 at the U.S. Space Force’s first SpaceWERX Pitch Day to fuel its Maxwell engine with the green propellant ASCENT developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.
Under a Defense Innovation Unit contract, Astra Space plans to launch a test payload for the U.S. Space Force on its next attempt to reach orbit in August.
Astra is under contract to perform a second launch later in 2021 following the first commercial orbital launch with the United States Space Force.
The U.S. Space Force plans to develop a sensor network called the Deep Space Advanced Radar Concept (DARC) to track active satellites and debris beyond geostationary orbit at 35,786 km above the Earth.
The U.S. Space Force launched a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office on 2021-06-15 aboard a Minotaur I rocket at 9:35 a.m. EDT from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Northrop Grumman successfully launched the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) payload into orbit for the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center using the company’s Pegasus XL rocket.
A U.S. Space Force mission named TacRL-2 is scheduled to launch on 2021-06-13 as a monitoring satellite intended to provide space domain awareness.
The largest share of the $2,200,000,000 increase requested for the Space Force is for operations and maintenance.
The Space Force is developing Next Generation OPIR Block 0 missile warning and infrared ISR satellites with an estimated cost of $8,400,000,000.
DoD consolidated some organizations under the Space Force while creating the Space Development Agency and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office to quickly develop new systems.
The U.S. Space Force expects to invest from $140,000,000 to $200,000,000 per year on DARC prototyping and testing in the near term.
Tom McCormick advocates partnering with the U.S. Space Force and fostering innovative startups to help ensure the OPIR mission stays ahead of evolving threats.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center is located at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California and serves as the center of excellence for acquiring and developing military space systems.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center is located at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California and serves as the center of excellence for acquiring and developing military space systems.
The Space Force decided on 2021-01-29 to adopt most of the U.S. Air Force ranks for officers and enlisted personnel.
In a 2021-02-17 update, the U.S. Space Force will start a program for expanded space access, mobility, and logistics needs to further strengthen U.S. space dominance.
On 2021-02-17, BAE Systems won the largest share of a $552,000,000 Space Force contract awarded in November to three companies to design and manufacture advanced GPS receivers that provide positioning, navigation, and timing to U.S. military forces.