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ULA prepares for final military launch of Atlas 5 rocket SpaceNews · 29 Jul 2024 USSF-51 will be the last national security launch for the Atlas 5 as ULA prepares to complete Vulcan’s certification for Space Force missions
Shannon Pallone, United States Space Force – Leading Women in Space SpaceNews · 25 Jul 2024 In this episode of the SpaceNews Leading Women in Space series, correspondent Debra Werner speaks with Shannon Pallone, Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Battle Management Command, Control & Communications, Space Syste...
Brig. Gen. Kristin L. Panzenhagen, United States Space Force – Leading Women in Space SpaceNews · 27 Jun 2024 In this episode of the SpaceNews Leading Women in Space series, correspondent Debra Werner speaks with Brig. Gen. Kristin L. Panzenhagen, United States Space Force.
USAF and USSF Successfully Test Minuteman III ICBM The Launch Pad · 4 Jun 2024 USAF and USSF Successfully Test Minuteman III ICBM
Why are the Department of Defense and Space Force talking about buying foreign space technology? SpaceNews · 22 May 2024 The United States Space Force Commercial Space Strategy reveals how the U.S. plans to leverage industry and European nations to keep pace with China
Agile Space To Develop Propulsion System for True Anomaly's Jackal for USSF Mission The Launch Pad · 27 Apr 2024 Agile Space To Develop Propulsion System for True Anomaly's Jackal for USSF Mission
Gravitics Wins $1.7M USSF Tactical Space Ops Space Station Contract The Launch Pad · 27 Apr 2024 Gravitics Wins $1.7M USSF Tactical Space Ops Space Station Contract
SpaceX launches U.S. military weather monitoring satellite SpaceNews · 11 Apr 2024 The USSF-62 mission sent to orbit the Weather System Follow-on Microwave (WSF-M) satellite
Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch next ISS crew rotation; Electron launches debris removal demonstration NASASpaceflight · 15 Feb 2024 Despite multiple scrubs and delays due to weather violations, SpaceX broke its own cadence record in January with 10 launches and landings in a calendar month. Those weather challenges have prevailed into February. Betwe...
SpaceX launches U.S. missile-defense satellites SpaceNews · 14 Feb 2024 The USSF-124 mission carried six small satellites: two for the Missile Defense Agency and four for the Space Development Agency.
Launch Roundup: Northrop Grumman prepare the first Cygnus to fly on Falcon 9 NASASpaceflight · 22 Jan 2024 Recent challenges with weather concerns and the movement of key flights such as USSF-52 and Axiom-3 have impacted Falcon 9 launch dates, not least Starlink Group 7-11 which scrubbed three times and finally launched on Tu...
SpaceX Launches USSF-52 and Starlink 6-36 in Record Time Space Scout · 29 Dec 2023 After considerable delay, USSF-52/OTV-7 has gotten underway, lifting off at 8:07 PM on Thursday, December 28th atop a Falcon Heavy.
Falcon Heavy launches USSF-52 spaceplane NASASpaceflight · 28 Dec 2023 As 2023 draws to a close, the US Department of Defense’s X-37B spaceplane returned to space on the OTV-7 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. USSF-52, the fifth Falcon Heavy flight of the year, and ninth overall,...
Launch Roundup: scrubs deny SpaceX its 100 Falcon launch goal; look to end the year with a 300th mission milestone NASASpaceflight · 19 Dec 2023 This week nearly saw two secret spaceplanes launched within days of each other. After ground systems concerns and then weather delays, the US Department of Defense’s X-37B vehicle had its OTV-7 launch on the Falcon Heavy...
Launch Roundup: SpaceX continues toward 100 launch goal NASASpaceflight · 6 Dec 2023 As SpaceX continues toward its goal of launching 100 times in 2023, the company is planning to launch three Starlink missions this week — two from Space Launch Complex (SLC) 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (...
United States Space Force Prepares to fly OTV-7 Space Scout · 4 Dec 2023 The Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, in collaboration with the United States Space Force, is slated to launch the seventh mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) via SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy ro...
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch X-37B Spaceplane Teslarati · 22 Nov 2023 In a bit of a surprise, the USSF-52 mission will launch atop the Falcon Heavy no earlier than December 8th from Launch...
US Space Force To Develop Commercial Space Reserve The Launch Pad · 26 Jul 2023 The United States Space Force is advancing plans to establish a Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR) program. The initiative aims to secure agreements with commercial space companies, ensuring prioritized access...
Space Force releases NSSL phase three second draft NASASpaceflight · 22 Jul 2023 The United States Space Force (USSF) recently released a second draft of a request for proposals (RFP) for the forthcoming phase three of the national security space launch (NSSL) program. Phase three will cover launch o...
Lockheed Martin declares success demonstrating tech for in-orbit satellite servicing SpaceNews · 17 Apr 2023 The Linuss experiment — short for Lockheed Martin’s In-space Upgrade Satellite System — went to orbit on the USSF-44 national security mission launched by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy.
ABL Space Secures $60M USSF/USAF Demo Contract The Launch Pad · 26 Mar 2023 ABL Space Systems has secured a $60 million contract from the US Space Force and US Air Force.
USSF Requests First Tactically Responsive Space Program Budget The Launch Pad · 22 Mar 2023 The U.S. Space Force has requested $60 million over the next two years from Congress for a program called tactically responsive space, according to budget documents submitted last week.
USSF Allocates Launch Complexes To 4 Commercial Launchers The Launch Pad · 8 Mar 2023 The US Space Force and Space Launch Delta 45 have awarded 3 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station launch complexes to commercial space launch providers ushering in a new era of launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Stati...
SpaceX’s spectacular USSF-67 Falcon Heavy launch in photos Teslarati · 16 Jan 2023 On January 15th, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off for the second time in 75 days to launch another batch of US...
SpaceX launches U.S. Space Force’s first mission of 2023 on Falcon Heavy SpaceNews · 15 Jan 2023 A SpaceX Falcon Heavy lifted off Jan. 15 at 5:56 p.m. Eastern from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying the U.S. Space Force USSF-67 mission to geostationary Earth orbit.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket kicks off fifth mission with most spectacular launch yet Teslarati · 15 Jan 2023 SpaceX’s fifth Falcon Heavy lifted off shortly after sunset on the US Space Force’s USSF-67 mission, producing one of the massive commercial...
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches USSF-67 from 39A NASASpaceflight · 14 Jan 2023 The latest Falcon Heavy mission launched Sunday, Jan. 15, at 5:56 PM EST (22:56 UTC).
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches first U.S. national security mission SpaceNews · 1 Nov 2022 A SpaceX Falcon Heavy lifted off Nov. 1 at 9:41 a.m. Eastern from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying the U.S. Space Force USSF-44 mission to geostationary Earth orbit.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy lofts USSF-44 on first flight in three years NASASpaceflight · 1 Nov 2022 The world’s most powerful operational rocket, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, took to the Florida skies for the first time in over three years November 1 for the USSF-44 mission, a US Space Force contracted flight with a classifi...
SBIRS GEO-6: Another IR Eye in the Sky Space Scout · 4 Aug 2022 On Thursday August 4th at 6:29am EDT, United Launch Alliance will launch the SBIRS GEO-6 mission for the United States Space Force.
ULA’s Atlas 5 launches U.S. Space Force experimental missile-warning satellite SpaceNews · 1 Jul 2022 A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on July 1 launched the USSF-12 mission for the U.S. Space Force. The rocket lifted off at 7:15 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Flor...
Atlas V launches two experimental military satellites on USSF-12 mission NASASpaceflight · 1 Jul 2022 United Launch Alliance will deploy a pair of Space Force technology demonstration payloads into geostationary orbit Friday evening. The USSF-12 mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC) on Friday,...
Atlas V launch with two experimental military satellites delayed due to weather NASASpaceflight · 30 Jun 2022 United Launch Alliance will now deploy a pair of Space Force technology demonstration payloads using its Atlas V rocket no earlier than Friday. The USSF-12 mission was due to liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Thursday, but...
Launch of U.S. Space Force missile-warning satellite delayed indefinitely SpaceNews · 14 Mar 2022 The launch of a U.S. Space Force mission known as USSF-12 has been put on indefinite pause.
ULA launches Atlas V on long duration mission for Space Force NASASpaceflight · 4 Dec 2021 ULA (United Launch Alliance) launched its 90th flight with an Atlas V rocket and its fifth and final mission of 2021. Launching from SLC-41 (Space Launch Complex 41) in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the STP-3 mission is lofti...
Falcon Heavy could launch three U.S. Space Force missions in 2022 SpaceNews · 31 Oct 2021 USSF-67 is the third U.S. national security launch to be added to the Falcon Heavy’s crowded 2022 manifest.
Rocket Lab returns Electron to flight with dedicated US Space Force mission NASASpaceflight · 28 Jul 2021 Rocket Lab conducted the 21st flight of its Electron small satellite launch vehicle, a return to flight mission following a failure over two months ago. The launch carried a satellite for the United States Space Force on...
SpaceX launches newest GPS satellite on reused booster NASASpaceflight · 17 Jun 2021 SpaceX has launched another next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite for the United States Space Force. Falcon 9 lifted off with the GPS-III-SV05 satellite on June 17 from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Sp...
Space Force awards ULA, SpaceX contracts for four national security missions SpaceNews · 9 Mar 2021 ULA received $224. 2 million for two missions named USSF-112 and USSF-87. SpaceX got $159.7 million for USSF-36 and NROL-69.
ULA in final pre-launch preps for Atlas V USSF-7 mission next week NASASpaceflight · 8 May 2020

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