https://spacewatch.global/tag/space-systems-command/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 13 May 2026 10:09:01 +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/space-systems-command/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/nro-launches-thirteenth-proliferated-architecture-mission-with-nrol-172/ Wed, 13 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73847 The NRO has successfully launched its thirteenth proliferated architecture mission, NROL-172, in partnership with Space Force and SpaceX.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/08/ssc-awards-satcom-contracts-totaling-37-5-million-to-five-companies/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66659 USSF’s SSC has awarded a SATCOM – PTS-G contract totalling $37.5 million to five companies; Viasat, Inc., Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Astranis Space Technologies Corp, Intelsat General Communications LLC, and The Boeing Company. PTS-G aims to deliver resilience to military users worldwide with proliferated small satellites providing anti-jam capability in Geosynchronous orbit.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/04/nro-launches-nrol-174-mission-aboard-a-minotaur-iv-rocket/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64937 NRO, in partnership with U.S.S.F SSC and Northrop Grumman, successfully launched multiple national security payloads with the NROL-174 mission aboard a Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket from Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC-8) at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) April 16, 2025, at 3:33 p.m. EDT.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/04/spacex-ula-and-blue-origin-win-ussf-rocket-launch-contracts/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64741 SpaceX, United Launch Alliance (ULA), and Blue Origin have each won U.S. Space Force (USSF) rocket launch contracts worth a combined $13.5 billion. The contracts revolve around the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 launch service procurement and will see the space companies and will run till April 2033. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/09/space-cafe-radio-pssi-2024-special-ep-02-transatlantic-collaboration-on-global-space-security-issues/ Mon, 30 Sep 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61374 In the first episode of our new PSSI podcast series, produced in collaboration with PSSI, the Prague Security Studies Institute, we explore the  advancements in international cooperation in space security with Deanna L. Ryals, Director, International Affairs at the  Space Systems Command of the US Space Force. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/12/space-systems-command-and-spacex-launch-ussfs-nssl-falcon-heavy-mission/ Fri, 29 Dec 2023 07:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53012 Space Systems Command (SSC) and SpaceX have successfully launched the U.S. Space Force (USSF)-52 mission using a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex (LC)-39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Falcon Heavy carried the seventh mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, an experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the USSF.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/11/millennium-space-completes-review-for-missile-tracking-space-vehicle/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 07:00:28 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=52533 Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, announced on the 27th of November that it has completed the critical design review (CDR) for its Missile Track Custody (MTC) space vehicle. The CDR investigated not just an individual spacecraft, but also the overall constellation design. The MTC program is part of Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Space Sensing Resilient Missile Warning, Missile Tracking, Missile Defense program office.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/ssc-completes-final-delivery-of-payload-to-japan/ Thu, 18 May 2023 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=48814 Space Systems Command (SSC), the US Space Force’s field command responsible for acquiring and delivering resilient war fighting capabilities in and from space, announced on the 17th of May that they have successfully delivered the second and final spaceflight-ready payload to Japan. ]]>