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.

Official websites use .mil A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States. The United States Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) ...

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 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 ...

The U.S. Space Force, working closely with the Space Development Agency and the Missile Defense Agency, is pursuing a system of advanced sensors in medium-Earth orbit (MEO) as part of a larger missile ...

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 ...

United Launch Alliance suffered yet another fiery burn-through on one of its solid rocket boosters during a national security mission Thursday.