This article is published in collaboration with Statista
by Martin Armstrong
General Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations for the U.S. Space Force, warned last week that the U.S. is facing a new era of space activity: "The threats that we face to our on-orbit capabilities from our strategic competitors [have] grown substantially", he told CNBC. The Space Force has grown substantially since its 2019 inception: Both in terms of personnel and budget.
As this infographic illustrates, end-strength personnel in 2021 was almost 10 thousand, while the budget was $15.4 billion. In 2023. the personnel level had to over 13,500. Representing an even larger jump, Space Force's budget leapt up to nearly $25 billion in 2023.
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