Space Systems Command has released a draft request for proposals for the Hybrid Architecture and Development for Experimental Systems, or HADES, contract, which aims to support the procurement of ...

An abridged version of this article first appeared in the February 2026 issue of SpaceNews Magazine.

The Space Systems Command, located in Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, oversees the military’s major space procurement programs Credit: Space Systems Command At the beginning of 2026, it’s ...

The USSF-87 mission marked the Vulcan rocket’s second launch under the National Security Space Launch, or NSSL, program.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Griffith, 45th Logistics Readiness Squadron Air Terminal Operations Supervisor, does not describe his job in terms of titles or accolades. Instead, he likes to keep it ...

It carried GSSAP for the US Space Command’s Space Surveillance Network in near-geosynchronous orbit.

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace successfully shipped the Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) satellite to Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, ...

Space Systems Command said the total amount of transferable propellant should be at least 1,000 kg (2,205 lb.) using one or more spacecraft or a combination of a spacecraft and on-orbit propellant ...

The U.S. Space Force has reached a crucial milestone, one that modernizes and enhances the command and control capabilities of the Defense Department's space wing. Nearly eight months after awarding ...

The U.S. Space Command staff practices their formation Sept. 9, 2019, before a ceremony to recognize the establishment of Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. Colorado ...