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July 20, 2020
SMC Annual Award Winner Highlight: Staff Sgt. Dwayne Cox

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.—The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) recently announced its outstanding military and civilian personnel for 2019.
July 17, 2020
USSF and UK MoD Demonstrate Protected Tactical Waveform over SKYNET

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- On July 13, 2020, the United States Space Force and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence successfully conducted a demonstration of the US Protected Tactical Waveform over the United Kingdom’s SKYNET satellite system, showcasing PTW’s superior data rates and
July 15, 2020
Minotaur IV rocket successfully launches NRO payload

The U.S. Space Force successfully launched a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office aboard a Minotaur IV rocket at 9:46 a.m. EST (6:46 a.m. Pacific) today from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.This mission, named NROL-129, was the first USSF launch and the NRO’s first
July 14, 2020
Weather and Minotaur IV rocket are "Go" for July 15 morning launch of NROL-129 mission

The upcoming National Reconnaissance Office Launch (NROL)-129 mission is scheduled to lift off at 9 a.m. EST (6 a.m. Pacific) July 15 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad 0B at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Latest weather briefings issued today from Wallops Island is
July 11, 2020
Launch of NROL-129 mission on target for July 15

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center successfully completed its Flight Readiness Review and remains on track to launch the National Reconnaissance Office Launch-129 (NROL-129) mission no earlier than July 15 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) Pad 0B at NASA’s Wallops
July 8, 2020
Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization Completes Successful Control and Planning Segment Critical Design Review

The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization (EPS-R) program reached a major program milestone completing a successful delta Critical Design Review (dCDR) of the EPS-R Control and Planning Segment (CAPS). The review was held June 24-25.The dCDR was the culmination of
July 8, 2020
SMC Awards Multiple Rapid Prototyping Agreements for the Joint Modernized GPS Handheld Device

On June 26, the United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center awarded three separate Rapid Prototyping agreements to Collins Aerospace, Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Technology Advancement Group, Inc. for a total of $41.1 million. The firm-fixed price agreements are for the
July 6, 2020
Staying Connected while Staying Apart

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.--Since March 16, 2020, the United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has been on a mandatory telework status. Like the rest of the nation and world, the SMC workforce had to adjust quickly to the limitations brought on by the ongoing
June 30, 2020
SMC and its partners successfully launch third GPS III satellite

The U.S. Space Force and its mission partners successfully launched the third Global Positioning Systems (GPS) III satellite at 4:10 p.m. EDT, June 30 from Space Launch Complex - 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The Lockheed Martin-built satellite was carried to orbit aboard a Space
June 30, 2020
USSF field command structure reduces command layers, focuses on space warfighter needs

The Department of the Air Force and the United States Space Force have finalized the new service’s organizational structure for echelons below the headquarters, reflecting the newest branch of the armed forces’ guiding principles of being a lean, agile and mission-focused organization.

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