Summary: Space Systems Command (SSC) and its government and industry partners will discuss the upcoming Global Positioning System (GPS) III-7 (SV08) mission
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Media are invited to hear from Space Systems Command (SSC) ‘s Assured Access To Space (AATS) and its industry partners during a news conference beginning at 1 p.m. PDT / 2 p.m. MDT / 3 p.m. CDT / 4 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 28 to discuss the upcoming GPS III-7 (SV08) mission for the U.S. Space Force (USSF). The launch is slated to occur from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Topics covered will include details of the upcoming launch followed by a question-and-answer segment. The event will be hosted by Space Systems Command’s Public Affairs office headquartered at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif.
Media teleconference participants will include (Subject to change):
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Dr. Walt Lauderdale, Mission Director and Chief of Falcon Systems and Operations, Launch Execution Division, Assured Access to Space (AATS), Space Systems Command, El Segundo, California
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Mr. Malik Musawwir, Vice President - Navigation Systems, Lockheed Martin, Littleton, Colorado
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Ms. Anne Mason, Director, National Security Space Launch (NSSL), SpaceX, Hawthorne, California
For dial-in information, media must RSVP to SSC’s Public Affairs office at NLT 4:30 p.m. PDT May 27 at sscpa.media@spaceforce.mil . Advance questions for the teleconference can also be submitted to the e-mail address listed above.
Assured Access to Space executes the U.S. Space Force’s core competency of Space Mobility and Logistics. It secures reliable and responsive launch services to deploy the space-based capabilities needed by our Nation's warfighters, intelligence professionals, decision makers, allies, and partners. Additionally, it operates and sustains resilient and ready launch and test infrastructure to project on-orbit warfighting capability through all phases of conflict and to expand U.S. economic, technological, and scientific leadership. Further, it delivers servicing, mobility, and logistics capabilities that operate in, from, and to the space domain.
Space Systems Command is the U.S. Space Force’s field command responsible for acquiring and delivering resilient war fighting capabilities to protect our nation’s strategic advantage in, from, and to space. SSC manages a $15.6 billion space acquisition budget for the DoD and works in partnership with joint forces, industry, government agencies, and academic and allied organizations to accelerate innovation and outpace emerging threats. Our actions today are making the world a better space for tomorrow.
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