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U.S. Space and Missile Systems Center

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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.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipJun 13, 2021Northrop Grumman Successfully Launches USSF / SMC’s TacRL-2 Payload

The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle 05 satellite was encapsulated within a SpaceX payload fairing at Astrotech Space Operations Florida on 2021-06-09.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipJun 12, 2021Encapsulation of GPS III SV05 Completed @ Cape Canaveral Space Force Station For A June 17 Launch

The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise Mission Manifest Office delivered two fully tested and integrated multi-manifest satellite vehicles, Technology Demonstration Orbiters TDO-3 and TDO-4, to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2021-05-04 for integration aboard the SBIRS GEO-5 mission.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipMay 10, 2021USAFA’s TDO-3 + TDO-4 Smallsats Ready For Integration Aboard USAF’s SBIRS GEO-5 Mission

The Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center awarded Raytheon a $228,000,000 contract on 2021-04-30 to continue development of a ground system for Global Positioning System satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipMay 1, 2021Raytheon gets $228 million contract extension for GPS ground system

The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a $228,000,000 contract to Raytheon Intelligence and Space for the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System Follow-On (OCX 3F) on 2021-04-30.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipApr 30, 2021USSF / SMC Awards Raytheon Intelligence & Space GPS OCX 3F Contract

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center delivered the fifth Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on 2021-04-06.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipApr 21, 2021Safe Arrival For GPS III SV 05 @ Cape Canaveral AFS For June Launch

The Atlas V rocket will launch the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) for the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipApr 1, 2021ULA’s Atlas V Arrives @ Canaveral To Launch The Lockheed Martin-Built SBIRS GEO-5 Satellite For The USSF

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center delivered the fifth Space Based Infrared System satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) to the processing facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipMar 24, 2021USSF’s SBIRS GEO-5 Satellite Ships To Cape Canaveral AFS

NOAA arranged the Argos-4 hosted payload launch through the Hosted Payload Solutions contract vehicle managed by the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterNarrative GeneralFeb 27, 2021Astra, Rocket Lab win launch contracts

The contract to launch the Argos-4 payload was awarded to General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems by the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center under a Hosted Payload Solutions delivery order on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipFeb 24, 2021General Atomics-EMS Contracts Rocket Lab To Launch The Argos-4

BAE Systems received a $247,000,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center to design and manufacture an advanced military GPS receiver and a next-generation semiconductor.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipFeb 18, 2021BAE Systems to develop advanced military GPS receivers and chips

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center selected ASTRA LLC to develop and demonstrate an Electro-Optical/Infrared LEO-based cloud characterization solution called RROCI to support U.S. warfighter operations.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipFeb 8, 2021AASC’s Metal Plasma Thruster Selected By ASTRA LLC For RROCI Mission

ASTRA LLC was selected by the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to develop and demonstrate an Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) LEO-based cloud characterization solution named RROCI.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipFeb 2, 2021A Pumpkin Will Integrate AASC’s Thruster With No Moving Parts, Gases or Liquids for U.S. Space Force

The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) achieved a milestone on 2020-09-30 when the GPS Foreign Military Sales (FMS) office received its first M-code MGUE order.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipJan 7, 2021U.S. ally Germany to receive modern military GPS user equipment

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center awarded Altamira Technologies a prototype project contract valued at $8,500,000 for the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution Mission Data Processing Applications Provider.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipDec 10, 2020Altamira Awarded An $8 Million+ Space Mission Data Processing Award By USSF

The U.S. Space and Missile Systems Center announced the German order on 2020-11-23.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterNarrative GeneralNov 23, 2020Germany to become the first foreign military buyer of U.S. jam-resistant GPS receivers

The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded the contracts on 2020-11-06.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterTechnical ProductNov 6, 2020Raytheon, L3Harris, BAE Systems get $552 million for GPS user equipment

In September 2020, the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) agreed with SpaceX to launch previously flown first-stage boosters on future National Security Space Launch (NSSL) missions.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipNov 5, 2020Success … U.S. Space Force’s GPS III Space Vehicle 04 Launches on SpaceX’s Falcon 9

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center and its mission partners launched GPS III SV04 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipNov 5, 2020Successful Launch for SMC and Partners’ Fourth GPS III Satellite

L3Harris Technologies received a $119,100,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center on 2020-09-21 to upgrade and expand the Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipSep 21, 2020L3Harris gets $119 million Space Force contract for deep-space telescopes
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