U.S. Space Force
Space Systems Command advances response to on-orbit threats - News
February 14, 2025CEDAR PARK, Tex. Space-launch services provider Firefly Aerospace announced that the company won a $21.81 million contract to launch the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) VICTUS SOL Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission.
Satellite for MEO mission will launch in February 2026 - News
December 19, 2024TORRANCE, Calif. K2 Space signed a contract worth as much as $60 million with the U.S. Space Force to launch its first Mega Class satellite on a mission that is codenamed "Gravitas."
GPS satellite launches as part of modernization of constellation - News
December 17, 2024CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. The seventh Lockheed Martin-designed and -built GPS III space vehicle, GPS III SV07, launched from Cape Canaveral on Monday, December 16, into orbit 12,550 miles above Earth.
Next-Gen OPIR missile-warning satellite for U.S. Space Force advances toward launch - News
December 11, 2024SUNNYVALE, Calif. Lockheed Martin reports that it fully assembled, powered on, and advanced the U.S. Space Force’s first Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO) Block 0 satellite to system level testing at the Lockheed Martin satellite facility.
Satellites for MEO OPIR get second order from Space Systems Command - News
October 23, 2024EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Millennium Space Systems won an order from U.S. Space Systems Command for a second plane of six Epoch 1 space vehicles for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) resilient missile-warning, tracking, and defense architecture in medium Earth orbit (MEO), through a firm-fixed-price/ other transaction agreement valued at $386 million.
AI tool launched by U.S. Air Force, Space Force - News
June 11, 2024ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force launched an artificial intelligence (AI) tool, with encouragement to service members to initially experiment with using the AI tool for routine tasks including producing reports, assisting with IT issues, and computer coding.
New satellite program from Space Development Agency enables newer vendors to compete - News
June 03, 2024ARLINGTON, Va. The Space Development Agency (SDA -- a unit of the U.S. Space Force) debuted its its Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated LEO (HALO) program, which aims to assemble a pool of pre-approved vendors that are eligible to compete for upcoming space and satellite demonstration projects.