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In May 2020 the U.S. Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $2,370,000,000 contract for the development of two Next Gen OPIR polar satellites.
Raytheon Intelligence & Space completed thermal vacuum testing of its sensor payload for the U.S. Space Force’s Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) GEO Block 0 missile warning satellites on 2022-01-27.
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) was awarded a $341,000,000 contract by the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command to develop, test, and deliver a Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC).
The U.S. Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $341,000,000 contract to develop a radar site to track active satellites and debris in high orbits.
The U.S. Space Force is seeking contributions from international partners that use the WGS satellites to help pay launch costs for WGS-11+.
PredaSAR won a $2,000,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force in December to demonstrate interoperability between its satellites and DARPA’s Blackjack constellation.
The Space and Missile Systems Center was first established in 1954, making it the oldest space organization in the U.S. military.
The Starlink team worked with the U.S. Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron and LeoLabs to provide updates on the satellites using ground radars.
The U.S. Space Force seeks to partner with private companies to perform orbital debris removal and in-space servicing.
The U.S. Space Force issued a 2022-02-01 news release that the Boeing-built WGS-11+ satellite passed a critical design review and will transition to production.
The U.S. Space Force extended L3Harris Technologies’ contract to develop a software platform used to monitor space launches, satellites, and debris in orbit.
The U.S. Space Force supported two Falcon 9 rocket launches in January 2022.
NROL-87 was the NRO’s first mission launched by a Falcon 9 procured under the National Security Space Launch program run by the U.S. Space Force.
The U.S. government has traditionally procured remote sensing satellites that are owned and operated by the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, or the U.S. Space Force.
An imaging sensor developed by EO Vista for U.S. Space Force weather satellites passed a key design review on 2022-01-31.
On 2021-11-01, the U.S. Space Force 18th Space Control Squadron cataloged a new object alongside Shijian-21 with the international designator 2021-094C.
The U.S. Space Force’s GPS program office is developing a space threat plan to evaluate the survivability of the entire GPS enterprise in a contested space environment that includes kinetic engagements, cyber, electromagnetic spectrum fires, nuclear, and directed energy weapons.
Shijian-21 returned to geostationary orbit after undocking from Beidou-2 G2, according to tracking data from the U.S. Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron.
The GPS constellation consists of 31 satellites that orbit the Earth at an altitude of 20,0 m and are operated by the U.S. Space Force.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the USSF-8 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command lifted off on 2022-01-21 at 2:00 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.