NEWSROOM



 
Members of the Space Tacticians course stand together for a group photo in front of the Combined Force Space Component Command at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Sept. 29, 2022. The course, which aimed at enhancing global space operations by training in effective tactical planning, consisted of Airmen, Guardians, Coalition partners and for the first time, eight French Space operators from the French Space Command. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Luke Kitterman)

Oct. 6, 2022

Space Tacticians Course broadens participants, welcomes French Space Operators

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – Space Operators from the French Space Command, locally known as Commandment de l’space (CDE) in Paris, underwent the Space Tacticians Course here, Sept. 26 – 30, 2022, to enhance space mission planning with the U.S. at the tactical level.

Man in United Kingdom military uniform wearing glasses, types on a laptop

Oct. 5, 2022

U.K. makes history, leads SACT Meridian cell for the first time

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Following two weeks of training with the Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO), the United Kingdom successfully led its first Sprint Advanced Concept Training (SACT) Meridian cell shift out of High Wycombe, England, Aug. 1-5, 2022.

SST is a military telescope that provides ground-based, broad-area search, detection and tracking of faint objects in deep space to help predict and avoid potential collisions, as well as detect asteroids and comets. It is capable of imaging objects in geosynchronous orbit, approximately 22,000 miles above Earth

Sept. 30, 2022

Space Surveillance Telescope Reaches Operational Acceptance, Set to Provide Space Domain Awareness for U.S., Australia, and Key Allies

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — In partnership with the Australian Department of Defence, the U.S. Space Force (USSF)’s Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) achieved Initial Operational Capability on Sept. 30.

Man in military uniform

Sept. 28, 2022

NSDC gains new director

SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – After 30 years of unique space experience, U.S. Space Force Col. Stephen Lyon took the reins as the new director of the National Space Defense Center and the director of operations for the Joint Task Force-Space Defense here, July 11, 2022.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Mendoza, 216th Space Control Squadron space systems operator, adjusts a dial while looking at frequency of a signal on the monitor of a ‘Honey Badger System’ during BLACK SKIES 22

Sept. 27, 2022

STARCOM debuts new combat readiness exercise in BLACK SKIES 22

Space Training and Readiness Command completed its first iteration of the inaugural SKIES exercise series aimed at improving the U.S. Space Force’s command and control capabilities. The exercise, BLACK SKIES 22, which ran from Sept. 19-23, was a live simulation exercise designed to rehearse the command and control of multiple joint electronic warfare fires.