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Protect the interests of the United States in space. The Department of Defense further defines the specified functions of the Space Force to: [7] Provide freedom of operation for the United States in, from, and to space. Provide prompt and sustained space operations. Protect the interests of the United States in space.
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.
The Space Variable Objects Monitor is a small X-ray telescope satellite for studying the explosions of massive stars by analysing the resulting gamma-ray bursts, developed by China National Space Administration (CNSA), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the French Space Agency , [5] launched on 22 June 2024 (07:00:00 UTC).
Here follows a list of some of the most significant space events of the year that was. Japan and Intuitive Machines land on the moon — sort of 2024 saw a number of moon landing attempts.
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Established on Dec. 20, 2019, as the sixth branch of the Department of Defense, the U.S. Space Force is still young.
Date Spacecraft Event Remarks 11 April 2030 Europa Clipper: Jupiter orbit insertion 26 December 2030 Lucy: Third gravity assist at Earth Target altitude 660 km July 2031 Hayabusa2: Arrival at asteroid 1998 KY26 [54] July 2031 JUICE: Flyby of Ganymede: July 2031 JUICE Jupiter orbit insertion July 2032 JUICE Flyby of Europa: 2 March 2033 Lucy