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The U.S. Space Force was established during the Trump administration.
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to support the U.S. Space Force.
The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded the contracts on 2020-11-06.
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.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a U.S. Space Force GPS 3 satellite on 2020-11-05.
The 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.
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.
L3Harris received a $1.2 billion, 10-year contract from the U.S. Space Force in February to maintain and support Space Surveillance Network equipment.
The Space and Missile Systems Center established a software factory in Los Angeles nicknamed Kobayashi Maru to develop applications for the space situational awareness mission.
Braxton was selected in 2017 as the systems engineering contractor for the U.S. Space Force’s Enterprise Ground Services.
Peraton’s experts work closely with U.S. Space Force counterparts to increase Space Domain Awareness.
Peraton received a $10,000,000 five-year contract extension from the U.S. Space Force for orbital analysis services on 2020-10-27.
Peraton is responsible for providing support for various U.S. Space Force space ground systems, equipment, software, databases, and concepts of operations.
Joe Biden’s campaign had not provided a public position on the U.S. Space Force during the 2020 campaign.
Peraton has been awarded a re-compete contract by the U.S. Space Force to provide orbital analysis subject matter expertise support and training for various missions supporting the Peterson-Schriever Garrison.
The Space and Missile Systems Center intends to seek help from the private sector to implement digital engineering.
The U.S. Space Force will stand up its first field command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado on 2020-10-21.
The Space and Missile Systems Center has identified three pilot programs to test digital engineering: two next-generation communications satellite programs and a modular satellite bus.
The House Space Force Caucus will serve as the chief advocate for the U.S. Space Force and will work with the Department of the Air Force and the Space Force to provide opportunities for members and staff to learn about the Space Force's role in maintaining American space power.
The investigation into the 2020-10-02 GPS III launch abort has involved NASA and U.S. Space Force personnel working with SpaceX and has included extensive testing and returning the Merlin engines from that rocket to SpaceX’s McGregor, Texas, test site for further study.