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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)
Dec. 13, 2021
DAF declares Hack-A-Sat Challenge winners, aims to reduce space vulnerability

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Department of the Air Force, along with the security research community, publicly announced the 2021 winners of its second annual Hack-A-Sat 2 space security challenge final event December 12. Brig. Gen. John M. Olson, call sign “Sprocket,” is the
Dec. 8, 2021
Department of the Air Force releases COVID-19 policy

The Department of the Air Force released its policy today outlining the way forward for Total Force military members serving in the Air Force and Space Force who have requested separation or retirement prior to Nov. 2, 2021, or whose COVID-19 medical exemption or religious accommodation was denied.