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May 20, 2021
USSF partnering with VOX Space for first DoD launch

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The United States Space Force, Space and Missile Systems Center has partnered with VOX Space, a US-incorporated, wholly-owned subsidiary of Virgin Orbit, to launch multiple Department of Defense satellites on a commercial rideshare mission from the Mojave Air
May 18, 2021
SBIRS GEO-5 Successfully Launched

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The U.S. Space Force successfully launched the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite on an Atlas V launch vehicle from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, May 18, at 1:37 p.m.
May 15, 2021
SBIRS GEO-5 Ready for Launch

The United States Space Force Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) spacecraft rolled out to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex-41 launch pad at 10 a.m. EDT today.The launch of the SBIRS GEO-5 satellite aboard an Atlas V 421 rocket is set for May 17, 2021, with the launch
May 12, 2021
Accelerating the future of Space Access: SMC’s Launch Enterprise and Space Development Corps’ Space Enterprise Consortium release three Requests for Prototype Proposals

The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise, in collaboration with the Space Development Corps’ Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC), today released three Requests for Prototype Proposals to industry.
May 11, 2021
SBIRS GEO-5 Encapsulated Ahead of Upcoming Launch

The United States Space Force’s Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO-5 satellite was encapsulated on April 30 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) Florida.
May 11, 2021
STPSat-6 safely arrives in Florida

The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Test Program Satellite – 6 space vehicle arrived at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, on May 6, 2021. STPSat-6 is the primary space vehicle on the Space Test Program - 3 mission, and was safely transported by Northrop
May 10, 2021
Multi-manifest Satellite Vehicles TDO-3 and TDO-4 Ready for Integration

The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise Mission Manifest Office (MMO) delivered two fully tested and integrated multi-manifest satellite vehicles, Technology Demonstration Orbiters (TDO-3 and TDO-4), to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, for integration aboard the
May 10, 2021
SMC receives Northrop Grumman Vela Satellite model

Representatives from Northrop Grumman presented a full-scale Vela satellite model to the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center here, May 4, 2021.
May 7, 2021
Space Security Challenge 2021: Hack-A-Sat 2 registration opens, qualification round date announced

The U.S. Air and Space Forces in collaboration with the security research community opened registration today for the qualification round of the second annual Space Security Challenge: Hack-A-Sat satellite hacking challenge.
May 5, 2021
Guardian’s First Launch as Program Manager

Guardians and Airmen from the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise team successfully launched an experimental research payload for the Air Force Research Laboratory March 3, 2021, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

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