The launch of a United Launch Alliance #AtlasV rocket carrying the #USSF51 mission for the United States Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) is scheduled for July 30, 2024 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. bit.ly/av_ussf51
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🕵♂️ Are you not aware of the history of the United States Space Force (USSF) or the joint exercises with France as well as Germany? 🤺
This video can help you build context from the beginning of the "space race" to recent years with the establishment of the USSF. You can use a great background and another #freespaceeducation resource to #breakintoorbit.
https://lnkd.in/ef-7NSnG
🌟🚀 New Year, Higher Goals! 🚀🌟
We shattered our record for number of launches supported by 15, bringing the 2023 total to 74!
But why stop there? This year, we're aiming even higher.
How many launches do you think we can achieve in 2024? Drop your guesses below! 🧐✨
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No one likes an unwelcome surprise, especially in deep space. Northrop Grumman is providing the nation with never-seen-before Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities. Our Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) is a game-changer, making operational surprise exceedingly difficult for our adversaries by keeping watch in this increasingly contested domain.
Learn more about DARC: http://ms.spr.ly/6044mMTg8#AFA#AFANational
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The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency is rapidly expanding its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). Nearly $10 billion in contracts have been awarded to companies like Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, York Space, Rocket Lab, and Sierra Space for building over 400 satellites. This initiative marks a significant leap in military satellite technology, focusing on enhanced communication, location targeting, and missile defense.
#SpaceForce#SDA#PWSA#SpaceExploration#DefenseTechnology#Innovation#spaceindustry#spaceeconomy#spacetechnologyhttps://lnkd.in/gJibk-Za
As part of the AUKUS trilateral security partnership, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia have embarked on an ambitious space surveillance project with the establishment of the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC). This advanced network, comprising three space-tracking radars across these nations, is a groundbreaking initiative funded by the U.S. Space Force and developed by Northrop Grumman. DARC is designed to enhance space domain awareness by tracking, identifying, and characterizing objects in deep space, particularly in geosynchronous orbit. With the first site set to be operational in Exmouth, Western Australia by 2026, and completion of all three sites by 2030, DARC promises to significantly bolster space defense, traffic management, and global surveillance of both military and commercial satellites. This project highlights the deepening collaboration in space security among these allied nations. #aukus#space#darc#spacedefense#spacetracking#geosynchronousorbit#spaceforce#northropgrumman#spaceawareness#globalsurveillance
Source- https://lnkd.in/gcK_7Hxp
This article is a few weeks old but I believe it highlights how the Space Force and SPACECOM want to operate in 2024. The transition from "positional space operations" to "dynamic space operations" translates to a future in which space assets and operations must change as rapidly as every other operating domain.
#space#defense#satellitehttps://lnkd.in/eMVc6raW
Space Forces-Space (S4S) is the new USSF Service Component to USSPACECOM. The S4S mission is to plan, integrate, conduct, and assess global space operations to deliver combat-relevant space effects in, from, and to space. S4S also provides support to and receives support from Coalition operations centers, including AUSSpOC, CANSpOC, and UKSpOC.
Learn more about this exciting development in the paper below:
https://lnkd.in/eVah_fPJ. (I will post a readable PDF version as well)
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#USSF#DerekTournear#SpaceDevelopmentAgency#SDA#ProliferatedWarfighterSpaceArchitecture#Tranche2TrackingLayer#L3Harris#LockheedMartin#SierraNevadaCorporation#SNC#SierraSpace
"The Pentagon on Tuesday announced about $2.5 billion in contracts will go to L3Harris, Lockheed Martin and Sierra Space to build satellites for an expanding military system.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency is having the trio of companies build 54 satellites as part of a network the U.S. military is building, the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. These satellites will be for the “Tranche 2 Tracking Layer” of the satellite constellation, related to missile defense.
Under the awards, each company will build 18 satellites — 16 for missile warnings and tracking, and two with missile defense infrared sensors. The fixed-price contracts are worth $919 million for L3Harris, $890 million for Lockheed Martin and $740 million for Sierra Space. The satellites are expected to launch in April 2027.
“The agile response across the space industry is critically important as we deliver to the warfighter this no-fail mission capability of missile warning, missile tracking, and missile defense,” SDA Director Derek Tournear said in a statement.
PWSA is a constellation designed to have hundreds of satellites in orbit, for greater resiliency and redundancy than previous U.S. military satellites. It is being built out in “tranches,” and each will represent a new generation of satellites with increasing capabilities. Each tranche consists of two “layers:” Transport, for mesh communications, and Tracking, for targeting locations and missile defense.
The Pentagon has increased its ambitions in space, seeing a need to keep up with China’s growing capabilities in a domain that has widespread ramifications for national security efforts back on Earth. The Space Force has especially seen its budget grow, with $30 billion requested for fiscal 2024, about double its budget from 2021. Much of that funding goes to defense contractors and space companies providing products and services to the military.
The SDA has previously awarded contracts to build and operate satellites for the same network to Lockheed and L3Harris, as well as Northrop Grumman, SpaceX, York Space and Rocket Lab.
Sierra Space is a privately held spinoff from Colorado-based aerospace and defense contractor Sierra Nevada Corporation. Late last year, Sierra Space added about 150 employees with security clearances from SNC, as part of a broader restructuring after shipping its first Dream Chaser spaceplane."
🚀 As we venture further into the cosmos, the need for advanced radiation-hardened electronics becomes crucial. These specialized components are designed to withstand the harsh environments of space, ensuring our spacecraft and satellites operate reliably even in the presence of intense cosmic radiation. This innovation not only safeguards missions but also paves the way for deeper exploration of our solar system and beyond. The future of space exploration depends on these and other resilient technologies! 🌌🔧
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