PRINTER'S NO. 1874
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
329
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, BROWN, MARTIN, PHILLIPS-HILL, ROTHMAN
AND VOGEL, SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
A RESOLUTION
Celebrating the fifth anniversary of the United States Space
Force.
WHEREAS, The United States Space Force was established as the
sixth military branch of the United States Department of Defense
on December 20, 2019, when the 2020 National Defense
Authorization Act was signed into law by President Donald J.
Trump; and
WHEREAS, The United States Space Force was the first new
branch to be added to the United States Armed Forces since the
United States Air Force was created in 1947; and
WHEREAS, The United States Space Force is a separate and
distinct branch of the United States Armed Forces, organized
under the United States Air Force; and
WHEREAS, The United States Space Force is one of only two
national independent military space forces in the world; and
WHEREAS, The establishment of the United States Space Force
resulted from widespread recognition that space is a national
security imperative; and
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WHEREAS, The United States Space Force consolidates satellite
acquisition, budget and workforce from across more than 60
different organizations into a unified, efficient, effective
service for space operations; and
WHEREAS, The United States Space Force is commanded by the
Chief of Space Operations, who is a four-star general appointed
by the President of the United States with the advice and
consent of the United States Senate, is a member of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff and serves under the direction of the Secretary
of the Air Force; and
WHEREAS, The mission of the United States Space Force is to
plan, integrate, conduct and assess global space operations in
order to deliver combat relevant space effects, in, from and to
space, for combatant commanders, coalition partners, the joint
forces and the nation; and
WHEREAS, The core functions of the United States Space Force
are space superiority, global mission operations and assured
space access; and
WHEREAS, Space superiority defends against space and
counterspace threats through missions that include orbital
warfare, electromagnetic warfare and space battle management;
and
WHEREAS, Global mission operations integrates joint functions
across all domains on a global scale through missions that
include missile warning, satellite communications and
positioning, navigation and timing; and
WHEREAS, Assured space access ensures that the United States
Space Force can deploy and sustain equipment in outer space
through missions that include launch, range, space and domain
awareness; and
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WHEREAS, The United States Space Force organizes, trains and
equips personnel in order to protect the national and allied
interests in space and to provide space capabilities to the
joint forces; and
WHEREAS, The more than 14,000 military and civilian personnel
who serve in the United States Space Force, including
approximately 4,200 enlisted and 4,300 officer men and women,
are called guardians as they secure space dominance for the
nation to ensure that the United States always has access to the
benefits of outer space for security, commerce and exploration;
and
WHEREAS, The United States Space Force manages space launch
operations at the east and west coast space launch deltas, bases
which provide services, facilities and range safety control to
conduct United States Department of Defense, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and commercial space
launches; and
WHEREAS, Defense Support Program (DSP), satellites operated
by the United States Space Force, are a key part of North
America's early warning systems by helping to protect the United
States and its allies by detecting missile launches, space
launches and nuclear detonations; and
WHEREAS, The United States Space Force is spread among its
headquarters in Washington, DC, and 46 bases and installations
located within 18 states and territories, as well as 10
international sites; and
WHEREAS, The official motto of the United States Space Force
is Semper Supra, Latin for "Always Above"; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate celebrate the fifth anniversary of
the United States Space Force.
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