The U.S. Space Force’s organizational structure finalized by the Department of the Air Force will be composed of three echelons: field commands, deltas and squadrons. Space Systems Command (SSC), Space Operations Command (SpOC) and Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) will serve as the military branch’s three field commands.
Read More »Walter Lauderdale: Space Force Allows SpaceX to Perform Booster Recovery in Second GPS Launch
Walter Lauderdale of the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) said the center has decided to allow SpaceX to recover a Falcon 9 booster after months of examinations and reviews of the rocket’s mission data. SpaceX is set to launch a GPS satellite aboard its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, June 30, from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Read More »Derek Tournear on SDA’s Integration Into Space Force
Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency, said the Department of Defense should launch and demonstrate first the initial tranche of a proliferated satellite architecture before integrating SDA into the U.S. Space Force, National Defense reported Thursday.
Read More »DoD Unveils Defense Space Strategy; Mark Esper Quoted
The Department of Defense (DoD) has launched a new strategy that outlines how DoD will advance and leverage space capabilities to compete, deter and counter potential adversaries in the space domain. “This strategy identifies a phased approach on how we are going to achieve the desired conditions in space over the next 10 years,” Esper added.
Read More »Shawn Barnes on Upcoming Space Force Acquisition Report
Shawn Barnes, a member of the senior executive service at the office of the assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for space acquisition and integration, said an upcoming report will ask Congress to authorize the Space Force to move funding between programs, National Defense reported Tuesday.
Read More »CBO Estimates Costs of Smaller, Larger Versions of Space National Guard
A new Congressional Budget Office report says the creation of a Space National Guard with approximately 1,500 personnel to support the U.S. Space Force would result in approximately $100 million in additional operations and support costs per year.
Read More »Maj. Gen. John Shaw on Planetary Defense, NASA’s Manned Demo-2 Mission
Maj. Gen. John Shaw, head of Space Operations Command within the U.S. Space Force, discussed at a webinar Monday about planetary defense and how the Pentagon’s partnership with NASA might help mitigate the threat of an asteroid found to be on a collision course with Earth, DoD News reported Tuesday.
Read More »Space Force Eyes Pentagon HQ Transition by 2021
The U.S. Space Force plans to establish its headquarters at the Pentagon and phase out the U.S. Air Force Space Command HQ in Colorado Springs next year, SpaceNews reported Thursday.
Read More »USAF to Submit Final Space Force Acquisition Strategy Report; Gen. John Raymond Quoted
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) plans to submit to Congress a revised version of its report on proposed alternatives to the U.S. Space Force's procurement strategies, SpaceNews reported Sunday.
Read More »USSPACECOM to Oversee Multinational Space Operation; John Raymond Quoted
Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, has authorized the transition of a multinational space operation to the U.S. Space Command.
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