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In 2019, the United States created the U.S. Space Force to ensure military satellite networks remain operational amid enemy threats.
When the U.S. Space Force was established in December 2019, active duty space units were moved out of the Air Force and placed in the Space Force without creating a corresponding Space National Guard component.
The U.S. Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office are jointly developing a proliferated LEO constellation to track moving targets from space.
The U.S. Space Force was established as the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces in December 2019.
The U.S. Space Force proposed a $30,000,000,000 budget in 2024.
U.S. Space Force 18th Space Defense Squadron tracking data revealed a companion object in a closely matching orbit to the spaceplane on 2022-10-31 with NORAD ID 54218 (2022-093J COSPAR ID).
Jim Cooper worked with Representative Mike Rogers in 2017 on a proposal to establish a space corps under the U.S. Department of the Air Force that passed the House and preceded the law creating the U.S. Space Force.
The Pentagon’s funding proposal for fiscal year 2024 seeks $30,000,000,000 for the U.S. Space Force.
The U.S. Space Force released a draft solicitation for National Security Space Launch Phase 3 launch contracts to be awarded in 2025.
Astroscale U.S., CisLunar Industries, and Colorado State University received a $1,700,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop a circular propulsion ecosystem based on recycling metal in space.
High-resolution thermal infrared will provide a new commercial remote sensing solution for the U.S. Space Force.
The LM 400 is under several contracts and was named as the satellite bus supporting the U.S. Space Force’s planned Missile Track Custody program in Medium Earth Orbit.
Astroscale U.S., CisLunar Industries, and Colorado State University received a $1,700,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop a circular propulsion ecosystem based on recycling metal in space to enable enhanced satellite mobility.
A five-year Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM) Transponded Capacity (CTC) contract worth $27,540,000 was awarded to SES Space & Defense by the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial SATCOM Communication Office (CSCO) through the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO).
Space Systems Command is the U.S. Space Force field command responsible for acquiring and delivering resilient warfighting capabilities.
The U.S. Space Force plans to start replacing decades-old parabolic satellite dishes with electronic phased array antennas developed by BlueHalo in 2025.
The $11,500,000 task order to Astra was awarded under the U.S. Space Force’s Orbital Services Program OSP-4 as recorded by Space Systems Command on 2023-04-21.
The U.S. Space Force allocated $59,000,000 in its 2024 budget to buy satellite communications services from SES’ O3b mPower constellation in medium Earth orbit.
The U.S. Space Force is interested in partnering with allies that are investing in sovereign national satcom systems, including Australia and the United Kingdom.
The Department of Defense and the U.S. Space Force have created an ecosystem of organizations that fund research and prototyping projects, including the Defense Innovation Unit, SpaceWERX, AFWERX, and the Space Enterprise Consortium.