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SpaceX launched the U.S. Air Force’s newest GPS satellite on 2018-12-23 on a Falcon 9 rocket.
In September 2018 the Air Force selected Lockheed Martin to build up to 22 more GPS 3 satellites after reopening the program to competition.
The draft legislative proposal aims to establish a United States Space Force as a 6th Armed Force within the Department of the Air Force.
The Space Force would be organized under the Department of the Air Force.
Thomas Taverney, a retired Air Force major general, stated that a Space Force equivalent to the Marine Corps would meet the criteria for a sixth service.
Experts argue that organizing the Space Force under the Department of the Air Force is a sound approach.
A similar 'Space Corps' proposal was previously opposed by the Air Force and was voted down by the Senate.
The Space Force would have a civilian Undersecretary for Space who reports to the Secretary of the Air Force.
The GSAT-7A satellite has a mass of 2,250 kg and will provide Ku-band communications services for the Indian Air Force.
The STP-2 mission manifest includes NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission alongside Air Force and private organization satellites, including the LightSail-2 solar sail demonstrator developed by The Planetary Society.
SpaceX launched the Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane and a classified National Reconnaissance Office payload in 2017.
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross met with Air Force officials at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in late November 2018 to discuss establishing a civil agency interface for the STM transition.
The satellite launching on the 2018-12-18 GPS 3 mission is the first of 10 GPS 3 vehicles the Air Force plans to put into orbit.
Gen. John Raymond, commander of Air Force Space Command, argued in October 2017 that the Air Force would be 'absolutely foolish' not to utilize SpaceX’s reused rockets to take advantage of cost savings.
The first Air Force GPS 3 satellite is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on 2018-12-18.
The U.S. Air Force did not launch any new GPS satellites in 2017 and aimed to place a GPS satellite on orbit before the end of 2018.
GPS 3 SV01 is the first of 10 GPS 3 satellites originally ordered by the Air Force.
On 2018-09-26, the Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $1,400,000,000 contract to start the GPS 3F program.
In September, the Air Force planned to spend up to $7,200,000,000 on the GPS 3 follow-on (GPS 3F) program to build up to 22 additional satellites.
The encapsulation of the GPS 3 satellite at Astrotech Space Operations was performed in preparation for a 2018-12-18 launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.