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March 1, 2022
USSF, USC Sign MOU Establishing University Partnership Program

Lt. Gen. Michael A. Guetlein, commander of USSF’s Space Systems Command, joined USC President Carol Folt at USC’s University Park Campus for the signing. Other Space Systems Command attendees included Brig. Gen. D. Jason Cothern, SSC vice commander; CMSgt. Willie H. Frazier II, SSC senior enlisted
Feb. 10, 2022
Decreasing injuries is the goal

What is safety? Safety is the state of being safe or not being dangerous or harmful; freedom from harm or danger or a safe place according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary and the Oxford dictionary gives its definition as the state of being safe and protected from danger or harm.
Feb. 8, 2022
SBIRS GEO-5 achieves Operational Acceptance

The Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit - Satellite #5 (SBIRS GEO-5) was formally transferred from Space Systems Command (SSC) to Space Operations Command (SpOC) on Feb. 4, 2022 during an Operational Acceptance ceremony. “The addition of the SBIRS GEO-5 satellite will ensure that
Feb. 3, 2022
Space Systems Command’s Col “Rhet” Turnbull Shares an inside look at the Space Domain Awareness Mission

Space Systems Command (SSC) is supporting the analysis of recent global events including the Russian Anti-Satellite this past November and the Chinese satellite that towed a defunct navigation satellite out of geostationary orbit last week. Col. “Rhet” Turnbull, director of SSC’s Cross Mission
Feb. 1, 2022
Wideband Global Satellite Communications Program completes major milestone in development of WGS-11+ Satellite and Ground System

Space Systems Command’s Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-11+ program successfully completed a Critical Design Review (CDR) evaluating against requirements to ensure optimal capability is delivered to the warfighter. The program maintains an aggressive five-year schedule poised to deliver six months
Jan. 31, 2022
Weather Wing provides solution to Guardians

Airmen from the 2d Combat Weather Systems Squadron traveled to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, Jan. 17 – 21 to install a Portable Doppler Radar or PDR weather system to assist Guardians with space launch operations.The PDR was installed to prevent a gap in environmental data coverage
Jan. 25, 2022
Modernizing Space Domain Awareness with ATLAS: Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Space Command and Control (Space C2) program recently awarded a $49.7 million delivery order on the Starfleet Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to L3Harris for development of the Advanced Tracking and Launch
Jan. 21, 2022
First USSF JROTC in California Established in Transfer Ceremony

APPLE VALLEY, Calif. - The U.S. Air Force (USAF) Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) unit at the Academy for Academic Excellence in Apple Valley, Calif. became the first U.S. Space Force (USSF) JROTC unit in California during a formal transfer ceremony held Jan. 18.The Academy for Academic
Jan. 19, 2022
STP-H7 and H8 Scientific Payloads Successfully Installed, Collecting Data on the ISS

Two U.S. Space Force experimental science payloads were successfully installed on the International Space Station last week and have begun collecting data, Space Systems Command officials said.The STP-H7 and H8 payloads, carrying a total of nine experiments, were initially launched Dec. 21, 2021,
Dec. 14, 2021
Air Force announces Spark Tank 2022 semi-finalists

ARLINGTON, Virginia – A panel of nearly 30 subject matter experts from across the Department of the Air Force met Nov. 16, 2021 at the Basic Research Innovation and Collaboration Center (BRICC) in Arlington, Virginia and via a virtual teleconferencing platform to conduct the Spark Tank 2022 (ST22)