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  • AEHF-5 Satellite Control Authority Transferred to Space Operations Command

    On Feb. 3, the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) communications satellite was successfully transferred to Space Operations Command (SpOC). After successful completion of AEHF-5 on-orbit testing, SMC transferred Satellite

  • SMC Grants Security Approval for M-MSTIC Receivers

    On Dec. 19. 2019, the Space and Missile Systems Center granted Security Approval to Lockheed Martin’s M-MSTIC receivers. M-MSTIC receivers enable GPS operators to monitor Military-Code (M-Code) signals for integrity and provide an assured positioning, navigation, and timing signal for the

  • AF Acquisition Boss Talks Future of Space

    Dr. William Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology, and logistics, visited the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to discuss the future of space acquisitions, Feb.6. As the Department of the Air Force Service Acquisition Executive, Dr. Roper is responsible for

  • GPS III Space Vehicle 03 safely arrives in Florida

    The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center successfully delivered the third GPS III satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Feb. 5, 2020.GPS III Space Vehicle (SV) 03 was safely transported from the Lockheed Martin facility in Waterton, Colorado to Space Coast Regional

  • SMC, Mission Partners Successfully Deploy Aerospace Rogue CubeSats from ISS

    The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center and its mission partners successfully deployed Aerospace’s Rogue Alpha and Rogue Beta CubeSats from the Northrop Grumman Cygnus capsule at 1 p.m. and 4:10 p.m. respectively, Jan. 31, 2020.This marks the beginning of the program’s mission

  • SMC wins Air Force Organizational Excellence Award

    The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has been awarded the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for the period of Jan. 1, 2017 to Dec. 31, 2018.This award recognizes the achievements of various Air Force activities and organizations. It is awarded to Air Force internal organizations that

  • SMC, NASA deploy DoD's STPSat-4 from ISS

    The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and its mission partner, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), successfully deployed the Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program Satellite-4 (STPSat‑4) from the International Space Station at 11:20

 

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