The Latest News about Space Force

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., (March 26, 2020) – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) communications satellite for the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 on March 26 at 4:18 p.m. EDT. This marks the 83rd successful launch of an Atlas ...

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., (March 24, 2020) – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket is in final preparations to launch the sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) communications satellite for the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center. The launch is on track for March 26 at Space Launch Complex-41 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. ...

Vice President Mike Pence swore in Air Force Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond as the highest-ranking military leader of the newly created U.S. Space Force in a ceremony that recognized the arrival of the nation’s newest military branch. Raymond was formally designated the first chief of space operations in a formal ceremony sponsored by the White House and held at ...

President Donald Trump’s Space Force will cost up to $1.9 billion annually to manage plus billions more in startup costs, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The CBO published a report on the estimated costs of the new agency Wednesday. The Trump administration’s own cost estimates for the project have varied widely from $2 billion to $13 billion over ...

Though there once may have been tranquility in space, that’s likely no longer the case, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan told the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. “We’re in an era of great power competition, and the next major conflict may be won or lost in space,” Shanahan said. “Space is no longer a sanctuary — it is ...

“Our destiny, beyond the Earth, is not only a matter of national identity, but a matter of national security.” –President Donald J. Trump The establishment of the U.S. Space Force will help ensure the United States is postured to deter aggression and outpace potential adversaries in order to protect and defend our national interests in the face of a changing ...

President Donald Trump officially created the United States Space Force on Tuesday. The new military branch will operate under the Air Force, similar to the Marine Corp’s relationship with the Department of the Navy. Watch: February 19, 2019 Space Policy Directive-4 MEMORANDUM FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE SECRETARY ...

President Donald Trump signed a directive Tuesday that will launch Space Force, placing it under the Air Force. (Related: Space Policy Directive-4: Establishment of the U.S. Space Force [Full Text]) The plan still needs to be approved by the Democrat-controlled Congress, reported The Wall Street Journal. “Space, that’s the next step and we have to be prepared,” Trump said Tuesday ...

Vice President Mike Pence is expected to reaffirm the administration’s support for space exploration and the new Space Force during a meeting of the National Space Council Tuesday. Pence’s remarks are scheduled to begin at 11:35 a.m. EDT.

Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin called President Donald Trump’s Space Force proposal “one giant leap in the right direction” on Friday.

President Donald Trump announced Monday that he has ordered the Department of Defense to create the “Space Force” as the nation’s sixth military branch. The announcement came during the president’s remarks as he and Vice President Mike Pence attended a meeting of the National Space Council. [Video] “My administration is reclaiming America’s heritage as the world’s greatest space-faring nation,” he ...