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SSC Press Releases

January 2023

06 JAN 2023 - Space Systems Command in final preparations with Virgin Orbit National Systems for upcoming air launch from England aboard “Cosmic Girl” 747 carrier aircraft 

03 JAN 2023 - Space Systems Command Launches EWS cubesat technical demonstration

 

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NOVEMBER 2022

28 NOV 2022 - Space Systems Command Exercises Contract Option for Three Additional GPS IIIF Satellites

28 NOV 2022 - Space Systems Command’s Missile Track Custody Program Completes Critical Design Review, All Systems Go for Continued Development of Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Sensors

28 NOV 2022 - Final Arctic Protected Satellite Communications Payload Delivered for Integration on International Host Vehicle

18 NOV 2022 - Space Systems Command Opens the Door for Blue Origin to Provide Future National Security Space Launches

14 NOV 2022 - Next Space Force payload arrives in Florida ahead of January 2023 launch

01 NOV 2021 -  LDPE-2 spacecraft encapsulated, mated to Falcon Heavy rocket for launch Nov. 1


27 OCT 2022 - U.S. Space Force, Space Systems Command poised to launch multiple payloads on first National Security Space Launch mission aboard SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket

26 OCT 2022 - Space Systems Command’s Wide Field of View (WFOV) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) Demonstration Receives “First Light”

25 OCT 2022 - Space security researchers clash for final Hack-A-Sat 3 challenge; Aims to crack on space vulnerability

25 OCT 2022 - Sixth GPS III satellite safely arrives in Florida for January launch 

14 OCT 2022 - Space Force preparing SpaceX Falcon Heavy for National Security Launch

 

SEPTEMBER 2022

30 SEP 2022 - SSC awards STP-S29A launch service task order to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

30 SEP 2022 - SSC awards space and ground systems task order, launch service task order in support of VICTUS NOX mission

24 SEP 2022 - U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command successfully launches NRO payload aboard last United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from West Coast

22 SEP 2022 - U.S. Space Force, Space Systems Command prepares to launch NRO payload aboard final United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy from West Coast this weekend

15 SEP 2022 - New Combined Program Office to Enhance U.S. Ability to Prevail Against Threats in Space

08 SEP 2022 - Space Systems Command Awards $272M contract to non-traditional company SciTec

07 SEP 2022 -  Miniature Serial Interface Program achieves Preliminary Design Review Milestone
 

 

AUGUST 2022

30 AUG 2022 - Space Force’s EPS-R Gateway Site Breaks Ground at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska

26 AUG 2022 - GPS III Space Vehicle 09 declared “Available for Launch”

25 AUG 2022 - TacRS Reverse Industry Day: Another Successful Event for SSC

04 AUG 2022 - Space Systems Command, United Launch Alliance successfully launches SBIRS GEO-6 National Security Space mission to improve nation's missile warning and space situational awareness
 

 

JULY 2022

28 JULY 2022 - SSC hosts a successful Space Domain Awareness Industry Day

26 JULY 2022 - Space Systems Command selects Orion Space Solutions for Tetra-5 Other Transaction Agreement

22 JULY 2022 - Space Systems Command hosts Space Domain Awareness Industry Day

14 JULY 2022 - Space Systems Command awards $147.7 million GPS support contract to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

12 JULY 2022 - Space Systems Command's Next Industry Day to Highlight Space Domain Awareness

02 JULY 2022 - Space Systems Command successfully air launches seven satellites from Virgin Orbit’s Boeing 747/LauncherOne for the U.S. Space Force

01 JULY 2022 - Space Systems Command successfully launches U.S. Space Force (USSF) - 12 mission

 

JUNE 2022

28 JUNE 2022 - Space Systems Command and Virgin Orbit National Systems prepare for upcoming Space Test Program launch

23 JUNE 2022 - Space security researchers worldwide qualify for 3rd annual Hack-A-Sat competition

10 JUNE 2022 - Space Systems Command delivers final SBIRS Space Vehicle to Cape Canaveral


08 JUNE 2022 - First Enhanced Polar Systems-Recapitalization payloads delivered  -  Begins integration onto Space Norway’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission host space vehicle

07 JUNE 2022 - Space Systems Command partners with Naval Research Laboratory, Virgin Orbit National Systems for historic UK launch coinciding with Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year

03 JUNE 2022 - Space Systems Command plans summer launch for USSF-12

02 JUNE 2022 - Space Systems Command Achieves Milestone in Global Positioning System (GPS) Program’s Enterprise Modernization Effort

 

MAY 2022

26 MAY 2022 - Space Systems Command Issues Launch Task Orders for FY22 NSS Missions

26 MAY 2022 - SSC CSCO reaches critical milestone for IA-Pre, roll-out begins today

12 MAY 2022 - Space Systems Command Releases TacRS-3 Solicitation on Orbital Services Program 4 (OSP-4) Contract to Emerging Small Launch Providers in Support of the VICTUS NOX Mission

 

APRIL 2022

22 APR 2022 - SSC Unified Data Library and Space Fence establish Direct Sensor Connection

21 APR 2022 - SSC Awards Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) System Engineering & Integration (SE&I) Follow-on Contract to SAIC

17 APR 2022 - US Space Force, SpaceX successfully launches National Reconnaissance Office mission from California

11 APR 2022 - Space Systems Command prepares to launch NRO mission from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this week

 

MARCH 2022

31 MAR 2022 - SSC awards $25 million for enhanced space simulation and astrodynamics training platform

14 MAR 2022 - SSC successfully completes EPS-R CAPS Factory Acceptance Test

01 MAR 2022 - Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Program Selects Mission Payload Suppliers

 

FEBRUARY 2022

28 FEB 2022 - SSC EWS Program completes System Final Design Review, selects contractors

23 FEB 2022 - SSC STEM Event Media Advisory

22 FEB 2022 - SSC Awards DARC Site 1 Contract to Northrop Grumman

02 FEB 2022 - Space Systems Command launches NRO payload aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

 

JANUARY 2022

26 JAN 2022 - Space Systems Command is Modernizing Space Domain Awareness Capabilities and Begins the
                         Decommissioning of JMS SP-9

21 JAN 2022 -  Space Systems Command successfully launches USSF-8 mission for U.S. Space Force

20 JAN 2022 -  U.S. Space Force, Space Systems Command set to launch next two GSSAP spacecrafts to geosynchronous orbit

13 JAN 2022 - USSF successfully launches 4 satellites from VOX Space 747, demonstrates versatility in payload delivery


 

2021

DECEMBER 2021

22 DEC 2021 - DARC Technology Demonstration test a success

21 DEC 2021 - STP-H7 & H8 successfully launched aboard NASA's SpaceX CRS-24 ISS resupply mission

07 DEC 2021 - Space Systems Command successfully launches Space Test Program-3 mission

06 DEC 2021 - SSC awards contract to PredaSAR for on-orbit hybrid architecture demonstration

03 DEC 2021 - Space Test Program-3 completes roll-out in preparation for Dec. 5 launch

 

NOVEMBER 2021

29 NOV 2021 - USSF is partnering with VOX Space for R&D Multi-Satellite launch

22 NOV 2021 - Space Test Program-3 spacecraft encapsulated, mated to Atlas V ahead of Dec. 5 launch

22 NOV 2021 - Space Force conducts successful demonstration launch from Kodiak, Alaska on Astra’s Rocket 3 

17 NOV 2021 - Newly-established Space Systems Command shows off agile chops with Space Safari

10 NOV 2021 - SSC Evolved Strategic SATCOM Program Uses Competition to Drive Threat-Focused Acquisition

08 NOV 2021 - SSC's Unified Data Library participates in Army's Project Convergence

 

OCTOBER 2021

22 OCT 2021 - COSMIC-2 Reaches Full Operational Capability

07 OCT 2021 - Space Enterprise Consortium achieves 600th member milestone; Next General Membership Meeting scheduled for 19 Oct.
 

 

SEPTEMBER 2021

21 SEP 2021 - SSC, Boeing demonstrate successful Protected Tactical Waveform test at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory

17 SEP 2021 - USSF conducts MGUE Joint Service demonstration

17 SEP 2021 - Harnessing the power of Data: SSC awards contract to Palantir



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Members of the Space Systems Integration Office cheer on their teammates during the Los Angeles Air Force Base 2024 Sports Day event at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, Calif., August 28, 2024. (U.S. Space Force photo by Van Ha)
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Members of the Space Systems Command Director of Staff team high five during their volleyball match as part of the Los Angeles Air Force Base 2024 Sports Day event at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, Calif., August 28, 2024. (U.S. Space Force photo by Van Ha)
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U.S. Space Force Chief Master Sgt. Jacqueline Sauvé, Space Systems Command Senior Enlisted Leader, hands out food to SSC members and their families during the 2024 Sports Day event at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, Calif., August 28, 2024. (U.S. Space Force photo by Van Ha)
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Space Systems Command members participate in the basketball shooting competition as part of Los Angeles Air Force Base’s 2024 Sports Day at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, Calif., August 28, 2024. (U.S. Space Force photo by Van Ha)
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Members from the Military Communications & Positioning, Navigation and Timing Program Executive Office (PEO) eliminate their competition in Los Angeles Air Force Base’s 2024 Sports Day final event, tug-of-war, at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, Calif., August 28, 2024. (U.S. Space Force photo by Van Ha)
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Space Systems Command participants from across Los Angeles Air Force Base take off for a two-mile run to kick off the 2024 Sports Day event at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, Calif., August 28, 2024. (U.S. Space Force photo by Van Ha)
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U.S. Space Force (USSF) Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant (right), Commander, Space Systems Command (SSC), U.S. Air Force Col. Michelle Idle, SSC Deputy Commander (left), and USSF Chief Master Sgt. Jacquelin Sauvé, SSC Senior Enlisted Leader (second from left), pose with USSF Col. Andrew Dermanoski (center), Commander, Space Base Delta 3 (SBD3), and members of his unit as they receive the 2024 Sports Day championship trophy, Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, Calif., August 28, 2024. (U.S. Space Force photo by Van Ha)
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NASA’s Gateway Deep Space Logistics Team Shares Insights with SSC

Col. Shane Cuellar, SPACECOM/J4, Jondavid DuVall, SSC/S4L, and Mr. Patrick Wentzel, SPACECOM/J473 with Mr. Herman Moyer, NASA Deep Space Logistics.
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Fight Tonight

Fight Tonight
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Mental health and suicide prevention a top priority at Space Systems Command and across the DoD

Air Force Maj. Jenneva Barrett, left, a mental health specialist at Los Angeles Air Force Base, discusses mental health and suicide prevention programs with Crystal Mabry, a licensed clinical social worker who works at the base, home to the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command.
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Mental health and suicide prevention a top priority at Space Systems Command and across the DoD

Whitney Easley, right, a prevention analyst with the Los Angeles Air Force Base Resilience Office, staffs a booth providing information on Department of Defense mental health programs at Space Systems Command headquarters event.
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Schriever Wargame (Courtesy Photo)

Attendees gather to share ideas at the SW25 Operational Planning Workshop (OPWS) at Space Systems Command on July 8-12, 2024 in El Segundo, California.
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Schriever Wargame (Courtesy Photo)

Participants in the SW25 Mid-Planning Conference (MPC) / Operational Planning Workshop (OPWS) hosted by the Aerospace Corporation, are pictured at Space Systems Command on July 8-12, 2024 in El Segundo, California
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Women's Equality Day Panel

Women from Space Systems Command and Space Base Delta 3 participated in a Women's Equality Day panel honoring and celebrating the contributions of women to service at Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, Calif., August 26, 2024. The panel consisted of (from left to right) Ms. Barbara Baker, Deputy Program Executive Officer, Military Communications & Positioning, Navigation and Timing, SSC; Maj. Liza Flint, Section Commander, Command Support Staff, SSC; Lt. Col. Natasha Peeples, Materiel Leader Combat Systems Branch, Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power, SSC; Master Sgt. Adrianna Romero, Flight Chief, Military Personnel Flight, 61st FSS; Col. Liz Howarth, Commander, 61 MDS; Ms. Rosie Manning, TOPA Flight, 61 MDS who shared their unique experiences serving in or with the military in their combined 129 years of service. (U.S. Space Force photo by Capt. Katelin Robinson)
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Women's Equality Day Panel

Ms. Rosie Manning, TOPA Flight, 61 MDS snaps a selfie with women from Space Systems Command and Space Base Delta 3 before the Women's Equality Day panel honoring and celebrating the contributions of women to service at Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, Calif., August 26, 2024. The panel consisted of (from left to right) Ms. Barbara Baker, Deputy Program Executive Officer, Military Communications & Positioning, Navigation and Timing, SSC; Maj. Liza Flint, Section Commander, Command Support Staff, SSC; Lt. Col. Natasha Peeples, Materiel Leader Combat Systems Branch, Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power, SSC; Master Sgt. Adrianna Romero, Flight Chief, Military Personnel Flight, 61st FSS; Col. Liz Howarth, Commander, 61 MDS; Ms. Rosie Manning, TOPA Flight, 61 MDS who shared their unique experiences serving in or with the military in their combined 129 years of service. (U.S. Space Force photo by Capt. Katelin Robinson)
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Women's Equality Day Panel

Col. Liz Howarth, Commander, 61st MDS and Lt. Col. Natasha Peeples, Materiel Leader Combat Systems Branch, Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power, SSC, pose for a photo ahead of the Women's Equality Day panel honoring and celebrating the contributions of women to service at Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, Calif., August 26, 2024. The panel consisted of Ms. Barbara Baker, Deputy Program Executive Officer, Military Communications & Positioning, Navigation and Timing, SSC; Maj. Liza Flint, Section Commander, Command Support Staff, SSC; Lt. Col. Natasha Peeples, Materiel Leader Combat Systems Branch, Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power, SSC; Master Sgt. Adrianna Romero, Flight Chief, Military Personnel Flight, 61st FSS; Col. Liz Howarth, Commander, 61 MDS; Ms. Rosie Manning, TOPA Flight, 61 MDS who shared their unique experiences serving in or with the military in their combined 129 years of service. (U.S. Space Force photo by Capt. Katelin Robinson)
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Women's Equality Day Panel

Maj. Liza Flint, Section Commander, Command Support Staff, SSC, shares her perspective during the Women's Equality Day panel honoring and celebrating the contributions of women to service at Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, Calif., August 26, 2024. The panel consisted of Ms. Barbara Baker, Deputy Program Executive Officer, Military Communications & Positioning, Navigation and Timing, SSC; Maj. Liza Flint, Section Commander, Command Support Staff, SSC; Lt. Col. Natasha Peeples, Materiel Leader Combat Systems Branch, Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power, SSC; Master Sgt. Adrianna Romero, Flight Chief, Military Personnel Flight, 61st FSS; Col. Liz Howarth, Commander, 61 MDS; Ms. Rosie Manning, TOPA Flight, 61 MDS who shared their unique experiences serving in or with the military in their combined 129 years of service. (U.S. Space Force photo by Capt. Katelin Robinson)
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Women's Equality Day Panel

Women from Space Systems Command and Space Base Delta 3 participated in a Women's Equality Day panel honoring and celebrating the contributions of women to service at Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, Calif., August 26, 2024. The panel consisted of Ms. Barbara Baker, Deputy Program Executive Officer, Military Communications & Positioning, Navigation and Timing, SSC; Maj. Liza Flint, Section Commander, Command Support Staff, SSC; Lt. Col. Natasha Peeples, Materiel Leader Combat Systems Branch, Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power, SSC; Master Sgt. Adrianna Romero, Flight Chief, Military Personnel Flight, 61st FSS; Col. Liz Howarth, Commander, 61 MDS; Ms. Rosie Manning, TOPA Flight, 61 MDS who shared their unique experiences serving in or with the military in their combined 129 years of service. (U.S. Space Force photo by Capt. Katelin Robinson)
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Space Systems Command Connects Heritage and Future during Anniversary Celebration

U.S. Air Force Col. Michelle K. Idle, SSC deputy commander, left, and U.S. Space Force Chief Master Sergeant Jacqueline Sauvé, SSC senior enlisted leader, unveil “Space Starts Here,” by Rick Herter, the command’s first official painting. The work includes a quote from American rocket pioneer Dr. Robert H. Goddard: “It is difficult to say what is impossible, because the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.”
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Space Systems Command Connects Heritage and Future during Anniversary Celebration

U.S. Air Force Col. Col. Michelle K. Idle, Space Systems Command (SSC) deputy commander, speaks to the command during the regarding of its 70-year-history and future at a celebration event at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., on August 13, 2024. Idle is responsible for managing the research, design, development, acquisition and sustainment of space and missile systems, command and control, launch, and operational satellite systems.
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