Aug. 28, 2020 U.S. Space Command continues to make history with senior enlisted leader change of responsibility After only one week since the historic change of command, U.S. Space Command continued its steady pace of firsts with the command senior enlisted leader change of responsibility today.
Aug. 27, 2020 Space Force issues service-specific uniform guidance In it’s first-ever Space Force Guidance Memorandum, the Space Force issued detailed service-specific guidance on the wear of the operational camouflage pattern uniform today.
Aug. 24, 2020 Raymond and Space Force enter new, ambitious phase as U.S. Space Command changes leaders In a ceremony that was both crisp and solemn, Army Gen. James H. Dickinson took the reins Aug. 20 of U.S. Space Command, and in the process further cemented space’s ever-enlarging importance in national defense and in countless familiar acts of everyday life.
Aug. 21, 2020 Space Flag, the premier exercise for training space forces, successfully concludes for the first time under STAR Delta Provisional Space Flag, the tactical-focused exercise for space warfighters, successfully concluded its ninth exercise iteration (Space Flag 20-3) at the Boeing Virtual Warfare Center in Colorado Springs Aug. 21. This was the first Space Flag exercise completed as part of the new Space Training and Readiness
Aug. 17, 2020 First female general officer promotes, transfers to Space Force In a significant milestone for the nation’s newest armed service, Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno became the first female officer to promote to three-star general and transfer into the U.S. Space Force during a ceremony at the Pentagon, Aug. 17.
Aug. 14, 2020 U.S. Space Force promotes first general officer Maj. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman was the first U.S. Air Force general officer transferred and promoted to lieutenant general in the U.S. Space Force during a ceremony at the Pentagon Aug. 14.
Aug. 14, 2020 Coalition Partners, U.S. and U.K., agree to share technical foundation for space operations The U.S. Space Force reached an important milestone by recently signing an agreement to allow sharing of the Standardized Astrodynamics Algorithm Library with the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Aug. 13, 2020 X-37B spaceplane wins Collier Trophy for advancing ‘the boundaries of flight and space exploration’ The Department of the Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane, a reusable, multi-purpose, system that operates without an onboard crew, won the prestigious Robert J. Collier Trophy Aug. 13 for advancing technology that pushes “the boundaries of flight and space exploration.”
Aug. 10, 2020 Space Force releases 1st doctrine, defines “spacepower” as distinct form of military power Fewer than eight months after its creation, America’s newest military service published its first doctrine, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Capstone Publication, entitled Spacepower.
Aug. 7, 2020 Space Force Awards National Security Space Launch Phase 2 Launch Service contracts to United Launch Alliance, LLC (ULA) and Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), competitively awarded two Firm-Fixed-Price, Indefinite Delivery Requirement contracts for National Security Space launch services today to ULA and SpaceX.