US Space Force: Everything you need to know on its first anniversary The Trump administration is winding down, but the new military branch it created -- whose members will be called "guardians" -- looks like it's here to stay. Listen - 10:12 In the first official launch for the US Space Force, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on March 26, carrying a military communications satellite. United Launch Alliance The US Space Force is now a year old, and it continues to consolidate the Defense Department's orbit-focused operations, everything from running satellite launches to managing the GPS constellation to flying the secretive X-37B space plane. Cape Canaveral is now a Space Force base.