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  • SMC stands up new Space Safari program office

    Lt. Gen. John F. Thompson, Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), recently announced the establishment of the Space Safari Program Office within SMC’s Special Programs Directorate. Space Safari responds to high-priority, urgent space needs by rapidly acquiring, integrating and executing

  • Shining Star volunteers recognized by AFRC

    The Airman and Family Readiness office, presented a “cost savings” check for $536,247 to Los Angeles Air Force Base which represents the 19,000 volunteer hours those individuals donated to the base during a ceremony held on here April 15, 2021.  Twenty five outstanding Shining Star volunteers were

  • From Air Force SNCO to Space Force Officer

    “You don’t sound like a master sergeant,” said the Air Force general officer to the puzzled Air Force master sergeant during a meeting at Los Angeles Air Force Base. “You sound like a lieutenant.”

  • USSF awards Missile Track Custody Prototype effort

    The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded two contracts for the Missile Track Custody Prototype effort. The effort will carry two contractors – Millennium Space Systems and Raytheon – through a payload Critical Design Review and delivery of digital models.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

 

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