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Celebrating Our Past. Defining Our Future.

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Space Systems Command proudly continues work started by the Western Development Division, founded 70 years ago on July 1, 1954, to protect and defend our Nation's security through space enabled capabilities. August 13, 2024 marks our third anniversary as an official Field Command of the United States Space Force. Today, and everyday, we are proud to be SSC. 

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The U.S. Space Force (USSF) will celebrate its 5th Anniversary this December, and Space Systems Command (SSC) will mark its third anniversary as a USSF Field Command in August. But before all of that, there was the Western Development Division, SSC's original predecessor organization. 

On July 1, 1954, the Western Development Division, or WDD for short, was activated by the U.S. Air Force to work on an urgent mission: developing our Nation's first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a race to catch up with -  and outpace - the Soviet nuclear threat. 

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