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Feb 27, 2023

Space Systems Command Looking to Expand On-Orbit Abilities with New Mission Area: Space Access, Mobility and Logistics
Assuring the nation’s unfettered access to space was only the beginning. Space Systems Command (SSC) is now developing the next evolution of its mission with a new Space Access, Mobility and Logistics program.

Jan 11, 2023

Cross-Banding Successfully Connects Communications Between DoD’s Modern MUOS Communication System and Legacy UHF SATCOM System

Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific personnel successfully completed a cross-banding demonstration which successfully connected legacy 5kHz Ultra High Frequency (UHF) military satellite communications (SATCOM) channel operators with the Department of Defense’s (DoD) modern Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) Wideband Code Division Multiple Assets (WCDMA) group operators.

Lane Gilchrist, founder and president of the STEM Coalition, explains some of the exhibits at SSC’s Heritage Center to a group of students. Virtual and in-person tours of the center are offered as part of SSC’s Space STEM Outreach Program, to encourage young students to become involved with science, technology, engineering and mathematics classes. Photo by Van de Ha, SSC.

Dec 21, 2022

Space Systems Command Guardians Providing STEM Outreach to Area Schools

For the third year in a row, United States Space Force personnel, including Guardians from Space Systems Command (SSC), are visiting schools across the United States and around the world this month as part of the STEMtoSpace program.