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MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris Technologies has won a U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command contract to provide a sensor payload design for the medium Earth orbit (MEO) – Missile Track Custody (MTC) Epoch 1 program, the company announced in a statement.

The Pentagon has tasked the U.S. Space Force to develop on-orbit refueling quickly.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lofted the Boeing and Northrop Grumman communications satellites into orbit on Jan. 15 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in

On Jan. 12, the Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) announced that the GPS III Space Vehicle 06 (SV06) completed encapsulation within the Falcon 9 payload. It was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, and it is the 18th satellite to broadcast the L5 signal.

The sixth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite lifted off this morning (Aug. 4), completing the SBIRS GEO constellation for the U.S. Space Force.

United Launch Alliance will launch a missile warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force Thursday (Aug. 4) morning.

Assuming the Thursday launch goes as planned, the last of the satellites, SBIRS GEO-6, is expected to be up and running by "late spring, early summer" next year, according to Maj. Matt Blystone.

Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, as head of SSC, has enormous responsibility for space acquisition programs, but lacks direct financial control.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled to launch two satellites for the U.S. military on Thursday (June 30), and you can watch the action live.

To defend itself from hypersonic missiles, the U.S.military will have missile-warning satellites that will be deployed today. Watch the launch for free!