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The nation's newest military branch will focus on defense in space as adversaries, such as China, grow their anti-satellite systems and cyber and electronic warfare capabilities.

The Senate version of the 2022 defense appropriations bill also includes $50 million, a House aide explained, but the House version only includes $5 million.

When the U.S. Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) mission launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base last month it carried a payload designed and built in record time by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). LLNL provided a three-mirror reflective telescope and sensor for the payload, which was designed, integrated, tested, and delivered within four months of the word “go.” “We needed a novel design in order to meet the program objectives,” said LLNL project leader John Ganino. “The payload system required a set of three LLNL monolith o...

Vandenberg provides range support for successful Pegasus XL rocket launch Sunday KSBY and last updated 2021-06-14 00:17:26-04 Space Launch Delta 30 provided range support for the successful launch of the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 mission for the U.S. Space Force. Space Launch Delta 30 provided launch permission, range safety, area clearing and weather support for the launch that happened at 1:11 a.m from Vandenberg. “Our mission partners and Delta 30 team demonstrated the Space Force tactical response capability to launch small satellite payloads within three weeks,” said Col....

A Northrop Grumman rocket successfully launched a secretive Space Force satellite for "space domain awareness" on Sunday (June 13).