https://spacewatch.global/tag/col-jim-horne/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 14 Aug 2025 05:53:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/col-jim-horne/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/08/ussf-space-systems-command-and-ula-launch-ussf-106-mission/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=67109 The USSF Space Systems Command partnered with ULA for the inaugural National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission using a Vulcan VC4S. The mission launched the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3), an Air Force Vanguard project led by the Air Force Research Laboratory and built by L3Harris Technologies.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/04/ssc-and-ula-successfully-launch-nrol-70-to-orbit/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 06:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54584 The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) and its mission partners have successfully launched and delivered on orbit a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload, NROL-70, onboard United Launch Alliance (ULA)’s final Delta IV Heavy rocket. The launch happened from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), on the central coast of Florida.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/02/space-systems-command-launches-six-satellites-aboard-falcon-9/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 07:00:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53671 The US Space Systems Command (SSC) and its mission partners have successfully launched the U.S. Space Force (USSF)-124 mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket today at 5:30 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.  Furthermore, the satellites for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Space Development Agency (SDA) were safely delivered to their intended orbit.]]>