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The Satellite Control Network maintains a number of tracking stations, which are used to track (primarily) US government agency & military satellites, as well as receive and process telemetry and send commands to these satellites. Said facilities are intended to support all Department of Defense satellites. Most tracking stations are operated ...
Satellite Tracking provides detailed real-time and pass predictions for Earth orbiting satellites. See A Satellite Tonight shows you where to look with Google Street View. Uphere.Space real time tracking and predictions. As soon as new satellites are launched this application begins tracking them.
The United States Space Surveillance Network (SSN) detects, tracks, catalogs and identifies artificial objects orbiting Earth, e.g. active/inactive satellites, spent rocket bodies, or fragmentation debris. The system is the responsibility of United States Space Command and operated by the United States Space Force and its functions are:
The National Reconnaissance Office ( NRO) is a member of the United States Intelligence Community and an agency of the United States Department of Defense which designs, builds, launches, and operates the reconnaissance satellites of the U.S. federal government. It provides satellite intelligence to several government agencies, particularly ...
List of USA satellites. This is a list of satellites and spacecraft which have been given USA designations by the United States Air Force. These designations have been applied to most United States military satellites since 1984, and replaced the earlier OPS designation. As of June 2022, USA designations have been assigned to 331 space satellites.
The Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron pegs the odds of "go" conditions at 95% for the possible launch. "Overall launch weather conditions look very favorable for a launch attempt this weekend.
Maiden launch. 14 August 2010 ( USA-214) Last launch. 26 March 2020 ( USA-298) Advanced Extremely High Frequency ( AEHF) is a constellation of communications satellites operated by the United States Space Force. They are used to relay secure communications for the United States Armed Forces, the British Armed Forces, the Canadian Armed Forces ...
Early satellites were launched without laser links. The inter-satellite laser links were successfully tested in late 2020. [284] [285] The satellites will be mass-produced, at a much lower cost per unit of capability than previously existing satellites. Musk said, "We're going to try and do for satellites what we've done for rockets."