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Space Systems Command will oversee a workforce of about 10,000 people.
Northrop Grumman is partnering with the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center to produce three ESPAStar platforms for Long Duration Propulsive EELV (LDPE) missions.
Astroscale has partnered with SSC, KSAT, ATLAS Space Operations, Viasat, and Astroscale’s own Totsuka ground station to support the ELSA-d demonstration mission.
Astroscale is partnering with four satellite ground station providers—Atlas Space Operations, Viasat, Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), and Swedish Space Corporation (SSC)—to support its ELSA-d mission.
Space Systems Command will be established in Los Angeles later in 2021 and will replace the Space and Missile Systems Center.
Space Systems Command plans to expand SMC’s existing Commercial Satellite Communications Office so it can acquire other types of commercial capabilities.
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.
The team led by Tim Deaver at SES Government Services won U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Pathfinder 1 and Pathfinder 3 contracts.
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.
Space acquisition organizations are being reorganized under a new Space Systems Command to improve efficiency.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems completed the Initial Design Review of the space vehicle and ground segment for the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center Electro-Optical Infrared Weather System satellite program.
The Kinuvik concept uses the dual use of SSC ground stations in Sweden and Canada to provide complementary coverage that increases resilience and produces longer satellite passes.
The Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation supports SSC’s expansion at the Inuvik Satellite Station Facility and credits the partnership with SSC for contributing to economic development in Canada’s western Arctic.
SSC’s commitment to the Inuvik Satellite Station Facility has created new jobs and new business opportunities in the region.
Space Systems Command will provide select administrative and integration support to the Space Rapid Capabilities Office at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
The Space Launch Delta 45 commander will be a one-star U.S. Space Force general officer who will also serve as the director of the eastern range, the SSC operations director, and the acquisition lead for the range of the future.
Upon transfer to the U.S. Space Force, the Space Development Agency will receive acquisition authorities from the Service Acquisition Executive and will receive select administrative and integration support from Space Systems Command.
Space Systems Command will officially stand up in the summer of 2021 once all required conditions are met to re-designate the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, as SSC headquarters.
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office at Kirtland Air Force Base and the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency will not be part of Space Systems Command but will work closely with the new command.
About 4,000 personnel who work for the space launch units at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California will be reassigned to Space Systems Command.