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{{Organization
|OrganizationName=Space Force
|OrganizationType=Executive Departments (Sub-organization)
|Mission=To protect U.S. and allied interests in space, ensuring freedom of operation for the United States in, from, and to space, and deterring aggression in, from, and to space. The Space Force aims to provide prompt and sustained space operations.
|ParentOrganization=Department of the Air Force
|TopOrganization=Department of Defense
|CreationLegislation=National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
|Employees=8400
|Budget=$18.3 billion (Fiscal Year 2024)
|OrganizationExecutive=Chief of Space Operations
|Services=Space launch; Satellite operations; Space domain awareness; Satellite communications; Positioning, navigation, and timing; Missile warning; Space control
|HeadquartersLocation=38.87013, -77.05599
|HeadquartersAddress=The Pentagon, Arlington, VA, USA
|Website=https://www.spaceforce.mil
}}
{{Short description|Space service branch of the U.S. military}}
{{Short description|Space service branch of the U.S. military}}
{{Distinguish|United States Space Command}}
{{Distinguish|United States Space Command}}
{{Organization
 
|OrganizationName= United States Space Force
|OrganizationType= Executive Departments (Sub-organization)
|Mission= To protect U.S. and allied interests in space, ensuring freedom of operation for the United States in, from, and to space, and deterring aggression in, from, and to space. The Space Force aims to provide prompt and sustained space operations.
|OrganizationExecutive= Chief of Space Operations
|Employees= 8400
|Budget= $18.3 billion (Fiscal Year 2024)
|Website= https://www.spaceforce.mil
|Services= Space launch; Satellite operations; Space domain awareness; Satellite communications; Positioning, navigation, and timing; Missile warning; Space control
|ParentOrganization= United States Department of the Air Force
|CreationLegislation= National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
|Regulations=
|HeadquartersLocation= 38.870133, -77.055990
|HeadquartersAddress= The Pentagon, Arlington, VA, USA
}}
The '''United States Space Force''' ('''USSF''') is the [[United States Armed Forces]]' [[space force|space service]] and one of the eight [[uniformed services of the United States]]. It is one of two [[List of space forces, units, and formations#Independent space forces|independent space forces]] in the world.<ref name="spaceforce.mil">{{Cite web | url=https://www.spaceforce.mil/Portals/2/Documents/SF101/ussf_101_glossy_FINAL_e-version.pdf | title=Space Force 101 | website=www.spaceforce.mil}}</ref>
The '''United States Space Force''' ('''USSF''') is the [[United States Armed Forces]]' [[space force|space service]] and one of the eight [[uniformed services of the United States]]. It is one of two [[List of space forces, units, and formations#Independent space forces|independent space forces]] in the world.<ref name="spaceforce.mil">{{Cite web | url=https://www.spaceforce.mil/Portals/2/Documents/SF101/ussf_101_glossy_FINAL_e-version.pdf | title=Space Force 101 | website=www.spaceforce.mil}}</ref>


The United States Space Force traces its origins to the Air Force, Army, and Navy's military space programs created during the beginning of the [[Cold War]]. US military space forces first participated in combat operations during the [[Vietnam War]] and have participated in every U.S. military operation since, most notably in the [[Persian Gulf War]], which has been referred to as the "first space war." The [[Strategic Defense Initiative]] and creation of [[Air Force Space Command]] in the 1980s marked a renaissance for military space operations.
The United States Space Force traces its origins to the Air Force, Army, and Navy's military space programs created during the beginning of the [[Cold War]]. US military space forces first participated in combat operations during the Vietnam War and have participated in every U.S. military operation since, most notably in the [[Persian Gulf War]], which has been referred to as the "first space war." The [[Strategic Defense Initiative]] and creation of [[Air Force Space Command]] in the 1980s marked a renaissance for military space operations.


Proposals for a U.S. Space Force were first seriously considered during the [[Reagan Administration]] as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative. Congress began exploring establishing a Space Corps or Space Force in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The idea of establishing a Space Force was resurrected in the late 2010s in response to Russian and Chinese military space developments, resulting in the Space Force's establishment on 20 December 2019 during the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump Administration]].
Proposals for a U.S. Space Force were first seriously considered during the [[Reagan Administration]] as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative. Congress began exploring establishing a Space Corps or Space Force in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The idea of establishing a Space Force was resurrected in the late 2010s in response to Russian and Chinese military space developments, resulting in the Space Force's establishment on 20 December 2019 during the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump Administration]].
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[[File:STS-44 DSP deployment.jpg|thumb|Air Force [[Defense Support Program]] deployment from the [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] on the [[STS-44]] mission in 1991]]
[[File:STS-44 DSP deployment.jpg|thumb|Air Force [[Defense Support Program]] deployment from the [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] on the [[STS-44]] mission in 1991]]


Space forces were first used in combat operations during the [[Vietnam War]], with Air Force weather and communications spacecraft supporting ground, sea, and air operations.{{sfn|Spires|1998}} During [[Operation Urgent Fury]] in Grenada, satellite communications were used to conduct command and control for the first time, while [[Operation El Dorado Canyon]] and [[Operation Just Cause]] marked the first time that major U.S. forces incorporated information from space-based intelligence systems.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA329263.pdf | title=After the Gulf War: Balancing Spacepower's Development | first=Frank | last=Gallegos | website=apps.dtic.mil}}</ref>
Space forces were first used in combat operations during the Vietnam War, with Air Force weather and communications spacecraft supporting ground, sea, and air operations.{{sfn|Spires|1998}} During [[Operation Urgent Fury]] in Grenada, satellite communications were used to conduct command and control for the first time, while [[Operation El Dorado Canyon]] and [[Operation Just Cause]] marked the first time that major U.S. forces incorporated information from space-based intelligence systems.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA329263.pdf | title=After the Gulf War: Balancing Spacepower's Development | first=Frank | last=Gallegos | website=apps.dtic.mil}}</ref>


The [[Persian Gulf War]] marked the first time that military space forces were unleashed to their fullest extent. Over sixty spacecraft provided 90% of [[military communications|theater communications]] and [[command and control]] for a [[Coalition of the Gulf War|multinational army]] of 500,000 troops, [[Military meteorology|weather support]] for commanders and mission planners, [[missile warning]] of Iraqi [[Scud missile]] launches, and satellite navigation for air and land forces moving across a featureless desert.{{sfn|Spires|1998}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://media.defense.gov/2010/Oct/01/2001329745/-1/-1/0/AFD-101001-060.pdf |title=The US Air Force in Space - 1945 to the 21st Century |access-date=21 December 2019 |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221193008/https://media.defense.gov/2010/Oct/01/2001329745/-1/-1/0/AFD-101001-060.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The decisive role that space forces played directly enabled an overwhelming Coalition victory and led to the Persian Gulf War being coined "the first Space War."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.army.mil/article/161173/smdc_history_25_years_since_first_space_war | title=SMDC History: 25 years since first 'Space War' | date=20 January 2016 | access-date=20 November 2021 | archive-date=20 November 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120164358/https://www.army.mil/article/161173/smdc_history_25_years_since_first_space_war | url-status=live }}</ref>
The [[Persian Gulf War]] marked the first time that military space forces were unleashed to their fullest extent. Over sixty spacecraft provided 90% of [[military communications|theater communications]] and [[command and control]] for a [[Coalition of the Gulf War|multinational army]] of 500,000 troops, [[Military meteorology|weather support]] for commanders and mission planners, [[missile warning]] of Iraqi [[Scud missile]] launches, and satellite navigation for air and land forces moving across a featureless desert.{{sfn|Spires|1998}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://media.defense.gov/2010/Oct/01/2001329745/-1/-1/0/AFD-101001-060.pdf |title=The US Air Force in Space - 1945 to the 21st Century |access-date=21 December 2019 |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221193008/https://media.defense.gov/2010/Oct/01/2001329745/-1/-1/0/AFD-101001-060.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The decisive role that space forces played directly enabled an overwhelming Coalition victory and led to the Persian Gulf War being coined "the first Space War."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.army.mil/article/161173/smdc_history_25_years_since_first_space_war | title=SMDC History: 25 years since first 'Space War' | date=20 January 2016 | access-date=20 November 2021 | archive-date=20 November 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120164358/https://www.army.mil/article/161173/smdc_history_25_years_since_first_space_war | url-status=live }}</ref>
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|[[File:Space Development Agency emblem.jpg|40px]] || [[Space Development Agency]] (SDA) || Develops, demonstrates, and transitions resilient military space-based sensing, tracking, and data transport capabilities into a proliferated multi-orbit architecture, encompassing government, commercial, and rapid acquisition architectures || [[The Pentagon]], [[Arlington County, Virginia]]
|[[File:Space Development Agency emblem.jpg|40px]] || [[Space Development Agency]] (SDA) || Develops, demonstrates, and transitions resilient military space-based sensing, tracking, and data transport capabilities into a proliferated multi-orbit architecture, encompassing government, commercial, and rapid acquisition architectures || [[The Pentagon]], Arlington County, Virginia
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|[[File:Space Rapid Capabilities Office logo.png|40px]] || [[Space Rapid Capabilities Office]] (SpRCO) || Specializes in the expedited development and rapid production and deployment of space capabilities to fulfill short-term critical needs || [[Kirtland AFB]], [[New Mexico]]
|[[File:Space Rapid Capabilities Office logo.png|40px]] || [[Space Rapid Capabilities Office]] (SpRCO) || Specializes in the expedited development and rapid production and deployment of space capabilities to fulfill short-term critical needs || [[Kirtland AFB]], [[New Mexico]]
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![[Medal of Honor]]
!Medal of Honor
![[Air Force Cross (United States)|Air Force Cross]]
![[Air Force Cross (United States)|Air Force Cross]]
![[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Air and Space Forces)|Distinguished Service Medal]]
![[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Air and Space Forces)|Distinguished Service Medal]]
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