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March 20, 2026
USSF prioritizes GPS III capability delivery timeline, executes launch provider exchange for NSSL mission

The U.S. Space Force is executing a change in launch service provider from ULA to SpaceX for the Global Positioning System (GPS) National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission known as GPS III-8. The change ensures continued delivery of this critical system through responsive and reliable launch
March 19, 2026
U.S. Space Force forms a New Ground Management Agreement for MEO MWT Launch and Operations

Space Systems Command’s Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking (MWT) Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) program office awards a ground management and integration agreement to support space vehicle launch and operations.
March 9, 2026
U.S. Space Force achieves key design milestone for Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking Epoch 2 MEO Constellation

The U.S. Space Force advances the future of proliferated Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking (MWT) capabilities through the MWT Epoch 2 program’s completion of the preliminary design review for its Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation. The Epoch 2 constellation will expand the resilient
Feb. 24, 2026
USSF expands Space Domain Awareness Accelerator through Texas Space Commission grant to UT Austin

The Texas Space Commission (TSC), in partnership with U.S. Space Force (USSF), will significantly expand the USSF Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Tools, Applications, and Processing (TAP) Lab delivering continued integration of emerging technologies to outpace sophisticated adversaries, bolster the
Feb. 12, 2026
U. S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command and United Launch Alliance successfully launch USSF-87 mission aboard a Vulcan Rocket

The U.S. Space Force and United Launch Alliance (ULA) launch team successfully launched the USSF-87 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida using a ULA Vulcan Centaur for this National Security Space Launch program.
Feb. 10, 2026
Space Systems Command, Mission Partners Prepares USSF-87 for National Space Security Launch on ULA’s Vulcan Centaur

SUMMARY: The primary payload on USSF-87 is the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) space system. GSSAP is a space-based capability operating in a near-geosynchronous orbit supporting the U.S. Space Command space surveillance operations as dedicated Space Surveillance Network
Jan. 28, 2026
U. S. Space Force Field Commands successfully launch GPS III Space Vehicle 09 into orbit

The Space Force launched a Lockheed Martin-built Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite, named in honor of NASA astronaut Col. Ellison Onizuka, into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Jan. 22, 2026
U.S. Space Force Field Commands Prepare GPS III Launch to Enhance Warfighter Capabilities

Global Positioning System (GPS) III Space Vehicle (SV)09, named in honor of U.S. Air Force test pilot and NASA space shuttle Challenger astronaut Col. Ellison Onizuka, will be the next advanced Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) satellite launched into orbit from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-40
Jan. 9, 2026
Space Systems Command Awards Task Orders to Launch Missile Warning and Missile Tracking Space

Space Systems Command looks to enhance missile warning and missile tracking capability through award of latest National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 task orders.
Dec. 29, 2025
U.S. Space Force, Falcon ExoDynamics, and The Aerospace Corporation’s Handle to Leverage Modular Open System Architecture for Future National Security Space Needs

United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Space Safari Office has awarded a contract to upgrade its Handle systems to serve as a commercial source. Handle 2.0 will provide modular open system interface electronics for the Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) VICTUS SALO2