# AF Funded ORSSats — Program Element 1206857SF

**Program element:** 1206857SF  
**Component:** U.S. Space Force  
**Appropriation:** 3620F — RDT&E, Space Force  
**Budget Activity:** 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206857SF

## Summary

U.S. Space Force funding falls 36% to a $10.0M request in FY2027, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators added 101% (to $20.0M).

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 104.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 15.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 10.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 10.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 10.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 10.9 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 10.0 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 10.0 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 10.0 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 20.0 | +10.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (1)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64A020 | AF Funded ORSSats | 104.7 | 15.6 | 10.0 | −36% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project 64A020 — AF Funded ORSSats

The Space Rapid Capabilities Office (Space RCO) mission is to expedite the development and fielding of operationally focused capabilities for immediate and near term needs as directed by the Space RCO Board of Directors (BoD) for Guardians across Space Control, Operations, and Warfighting. Key operating principles include a short and narrow chain of command, overarching programmatic insight, early and prominent war fighter involvement, and small integrated teams within a single office to rapidly augment existing space capabilities when needed, to expand operational capability, reconstitute/replenish/protect critical space capabilities to reserve "continuity of operations" capability, and exploit space technological or operational innovations to increase U.S. advantage. As a result, the Service will deter, neutralize, defeat and/or destroy counterspace threats and defend the homeland. The Service will also augment, supplement, and/or integrate Allies, partners, and commercial space to USSF units. Furthermore, the Service will continue to advance all near term effects and provide resilient infrastructure, equipment, and personnel. The Space RCO is ready to develop, test, train, and equip war fighter needs as they are identified at any time. First, the requirements must be validated by the commander U.S. Space Command; second, the project must be approved by the Space RCO BoD; third, the project will be executed by the Space RCO. If the effort is initiated during execution year, it will be described in the next year's budget exhibit. Space RCO is supporting the Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2) Combined Program Office (CPO) in FY 2025. The R2C2 CPO utilizes the Space RCO acquisition authorities under the Space RCO Program Executive Officer to execute funding in the Enterprise Ground Services (EGS) and Ground Command, Control, and Communications (GC3) program elements to develop an extensible, scalable, modular ground segment solution capable of supporting protect and defend missions of the United States Space Force. Combined EGS and GC3 funding will be used wholly and directly to support CPO activities. R2C2 will continue development and integration of the satellite operations (SatOps) ground segment solution to support the protect and defend mission set, including, but not limited to, capabilities and services needed to perform mission control.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space RCO Board of Directors (BoD) Projects, Studies, and Analysis | 9.2 | 9.6 | 10.0 |
| Space RCO Solar Power | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2) Satellite Command and Control Services | 49.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2) Cloud Infrastructure and Platform/Antenna Services | 37.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Where the FY2027 request goes

| Category | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Other / unspecified | 100% | 10.0 |

> R-3 exhibit contract funding, not USAspending obligations.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

The Space Rapid Capabilities Office (Space RCO) mission is to expedite the development and fielding of operationally focused capabilities for immediate and near term needs as directed by the Space RCO Board of Directors (BoD) for Guardians across Space Control, Operations, and Warfighting. Key operating principles include a short and narrow chain of command, overarching programmatic insight, early and prominent war fighter involvement, and small integrated teams within a single office to rapidly augment existing space capabilities when needed, to expand operational capability, reconstitute/replenish/protect critical space capabilities to reserve "continuity of operations" capability, and…

Expeditiously award contracts through Space RCO or partner organizations. The R2C2 Combined Program Office (CPO) has an approved acquisition strategy, leveraging Department of War (DoW)- and Department of the Air Force (DAF)-level contracts for commercial cloud capabilities, Other Transaction Agreements, and contracts awarded under a small business, multiple award Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity in FY 2024 operationalizing the satellite operations ground segment solution and providing support for protect and defend mission partners.

## Related program elements

- [0207407F — Electromagnetic Battle Management (EMBM)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207407F) (Air Force)
- [0605244A — Joint Reduced Range Rocket (JR3)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605244A) (Army)
- [1206617SF — Operational Test & Training Infrastructure](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206617SF) (Space Force)
- [1203174SF — Space Innovation, Integration and Rapid Technology Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1203174SF) (Space Force)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 1206857SF (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="1206857SF")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*