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Jan. 12, 2007
SMC Athlete represented Air Force during Inter-Nation Cross-Country Championship

The Air Force sent a team of six women and eight men to represent the United States at the Third Annual Component Command-Air HQ Ramstein Inter-Nation Cross-Country Championship meet from Dec. 6-8 in Poznan, Poland. Six Air Force teams from the United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland
Jan. 12, 2007
Defense Meteorological Satellite Goes To Work After Successful Turnover Operation

The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Systems Group at the Space and Missile Systems Center has announced that DMSP satellite Flight 17, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Nov. 4, has been turned over for operational use to the Air Force Weather Agency and other organizations for use
Jan. 3, 2007
Successful Completion of Segment Level Test for AEHF Mission Control System

The MILSATCOM Systems Wing, Space and Missile Systems Center announced today that on Nov. 17, 2006, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) and Integrated Systems & Solutions (IS&S) successfully completed testing of block 3 of Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) and MILSTAR ground payload
Jan. 3, 2007
TSAT Network Design Review Milestone Reached

The MILSATCOM Systems Wing, Space and Missile Systems Center announced today that the Transformational Satellite (TSAT) Mission Operations System (TMOS) program office successfully completed on December 20, 2006 an in-depth review of the TSAT Network Architecture during a two-day Network Design
Jan. 3, 2007
TacSat2, Minotaur 1 Launch Successful

The Air Force Research Laboratory's TacSat-2 satellite and NASA's GeneSat-1 microsatellite were successfully launched aboard an Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket today from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on the east coast of Virginia. As the rocket left pad OB at 7 a.m. (EST), it made history as the first
Dec. 15, 2006
Air Force-Navy Team Achieves Important Flight Test Milestone

The Space and Missile Systems Center, in conjunction with the Air Force Research Laboratory's Propulsion Directorate and the Naval Air Warfare Center, achieved a significant milestone in September with an initial demonstration of responsive launch operations from the Navy's San Nicolas Island,
Nov. 17, 2006
On-Orbit Checkout of SBIRS Payload Confirmed

The U.S. Air Force successfully completed initial early on-orbit checkout of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) payload. SBIRS will deliver a new generation of space-based satellites providing missile warning, missile defense, technical intelligence, and battlespace awareness to combatant
Nov. 17, 2006
Air Force awards EELV Boeing ELC contract

The U.S. Air Force announces the award of an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Launch Capability (ELC) contract to The Boeing Company (Integrated Defense Systems, Huntington Beach, CA). The contract is for a 16-month period and provides the infrastructure required for launch capability to
Nov. 17, 2006
GPS Block IIR-16 (M) Satellite Launch Successful

The third modernized Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIR-16 (M) satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Nov. 17.The purpose of the launch was to provide military and civilian users with greater improved navigation and timing capabilities. A Delta II rocket with the
Nov. 17, 2006
SMC leadership addresses AFSO21 practices and methods

Brig. Gen. Neil McCasland, vice commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center, and SMC senior leaders, recently completed a first-ever enterprise value stream mapping and analysis facilitated by the Lean Aerospace Initiative Team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The exercise

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