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The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space force branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. The United States Space Force traces its origins to the Air Force, Army, and Navy's military space programs created during the beginning of the Cold War.
United States Navy: Kill vehicle United States Navy: Suborbital Interceptor: 13 April: Successful Successful intercept. (1 of 4) 13 April [247] SM-3: USS Arleigh Burke, Mediterranean Sea: United States Navy: Kill vehicle United States Navy: Suborbital Interceptor: 13 April: Successful Successful intercept. (2 of 4) 13 April [247] SM-3: USS ...
IM-1 Nova-C Odysseus launched on 15 February 2024 towards the Moon via Falcon 9 on a direct intercept trajectory and later landed in the south polar region of the Moon on 22 February 2024 and became the first successful private lander and the first to do so using cryogenic propellants. Though it landed successfully, one of the lander's legs ...
The US Space Force selected Blue Origin, ULA and SpaceX in June to compete for $5.6 billion worth of Pentagon contracts for national security missions slated to launch over the next four years.
United States Space Force: Geosynchronous: TBA: In orbit: Operational USA-398: United States Space Force: Geosynchronous: TBA: In orbit: Operational USSF-51 Mission. Last National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission on Atlas V as ULA transitions to the next generation Vulcan rocket for continued access to space.
Notable test flights of spaceflight systems may be listed even if they were not planned to reach space. Some lists are further divided into orbital launches (sending a payload into orbit, whether successful or not) and suborbital flights (e.g. ballistic missiles, sounding rockets, experimental spacecraft).
FILE - A solider wears a U.S. Space Force uniform during a ceremony for U.S. Air Force airmen transitioning to U.S. Space Force guardian designations at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Feb. 12, 2021.
Established on Dec. 20, 2019, as the sixth branch of the Department of Defense, the U.S. Space Force is still young.