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Oct. 8, 2025
U.S. Space Force Enterprise Space Activity Group (ESAG) established under the Air Force Working Capital Fund, increasing Access to Commercial Space Capabilities

Space Systems Command’s Commercial SATCOM Communications Office has joined the Air Force Working Capital Fund, establishing a new Enterprise Space Activity Group charter that will enable more commercial space capabilities and services for warfighters.
Oct. 8, 2025
U.S. Space Force bolsters Weather Monitoring with dual-use capabilities: Plans to Launch Three Satellite Demos

SSC System Delta 810, Space-Based Sensing & Targeting, has awarded a Phase III SBIR OTA focused on delivering dual-use commercial multispectral electro-optical/infrared data to meteorology and oceanography to end users for mission planning and execution.
Oct. 7, 2025
Space Systems Command Expands Space Vehicle Processing Capacity

Space Systems Command awarded the second National Security Space Launch Space Vehicle Processing Commercial Solutions Opening contract, ensuring the U.S. Space Force’s expanded capacity to continue delivery responsive and resilient launch capabilities.
Oct. 3, 2025
Space Systems Command Releases National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 FY26 Mission Assignments

National Security Space Launch assignments include multiple missions for the National Reconnaissance Office, Global Positioning System and Wideband Global SATCOM satellites.
Sept. 23, 2025
Space Systems Command achieves Operational Acceptance for Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) Processing: Delivers new OPIR Capabilities to Operators

SSC achieves second Operations Acceptance of FORGE; FORGE Processing delivers new Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) capabilities to the Space Operations Command and the OPIR Battlespace Awareness Center (OBAC), marking a key advancement in missile threat response.
Sept. 23, 2025
Space Force Renames ‘Front Door’ to Reflect Broader Impact on Industry Collaboration

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman announced Space Systems Command’s Front Door initiative has been renamed the Space Force Front Door during his keynote address at the Air and Space Forces Association’s annual Air, Space, and Cyber Conference Sept. 23. The rebranding underscores the
Sept. 15, 2025
Space Systems Command Stands Up New Operational Test & Training Infrastructure (OTTI) System Delta

SSC stood up a new System Delta to support the Operational Test and Training Infrastructure Program Executive Office portfolio. The stand-up synchronizes acquisition efforts for critical space system capabilities and works together with the Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) Space Deltas
Sept. 10, 2025
Space Systems Command, Space Development Agency Complete Successful Launch of First Tranche 1 Satellites

Space Systems Command’s Assured Access to Space delivers 21 data transport satellites on orbit for the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
Aug. 28, 2025
SpaceWERX’S Hyperspace Challenge Seeks SBIR Phase II Innovators to Support Advancement of USSF's Operational Test and Training Infrastructure

The Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) SpaceWERX, in support of U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command's (SSC) Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI) Program Executive Office, has announced the launch of its Hyperspace Challenge 2025 program. The initiative is calling for
Aug. 22, 2025
U.S. Space Force successfully launches X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the U.S. Space Force (USSF)-36 National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission, carrying the eighth X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission for the U.S. Space Force, the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (AFRCO), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Defense