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  • AEHF-4 Encapsulated Ahead of October Launch

    The U.S. Air Force’s fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-4) communication satellite completed encapsulation on Oct. 4 at Astrotech Space Operations processing facility in Florida.  The encapsulation of AEHF-4 in the United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle payload fairing marks an

  • SBIRS GEO-3 Successfully Achieves Operational Acceptance

    The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (GEO)-3 successfully achieved Air Force Space Command operational acceptance.  The satellite is healthy and sending data to the Mission Control Station, operated by the 460th Space Wing located at Buckley Air Force Base,

  • SBIRS Wide Field of View Acoustic Testing: The Sound of Innovation

    The Space and Missile Systems Center Remote Sensing Systems Directorate (SMC/RS) and its L3 Technologies and Millennium Space Systems industry partners successfully completed Acoustic Testing on the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Wide Field of View (WFOV) program optical payload on Aug. 23.

  • Deputy Secretary of Defense visits Los Angeles Air Force Base

    Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan visited Los Angeles Air Force Base and toured the Space and Missile Systems Center Aug. 27. As a part of his visit, Mr. Shanahan held a town hall for SMC members in order to address some of their questions about upcoming changes within the Department of

  • Inaugural Open House for SMC, 61st ABG personnel and families a success

    The courtyard and surrounding common areas of the Schriever Space Complex took on a festive atmosphere July 24 as the Space and Missile Systems Center and 61st Air Base Group hosted their first open house at Los Angeles Air Force Base.For four hours, the Schriever Courtyard was a no hat, no salute,

  • Space and Missile Systems Center Helps Feed LA

    Members from the Space and Missile Systems Center, their families and friends volunteered their time and manpower to support the Salvation Army Seimon Family & Youth Community Center in Los Angeles for the Feed LA event, Aug. 11.  Approximately 80 SMC members were a part of more than 250 volunteers

  • AEHF-4 Arrives in Florida, Prepares for Launch

    The U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) program completed a major program milestone on July 27, successfully delivering the AEHF-4 satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.  “AEHF-4 delivery and launch marks a significant milestone in fulfilling our communication

  • AD Directorate Welcomes New Director

    The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Advanced Systems and Development Directorate welcomed a new director at a change of leadership ceremony held at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, July 13.Col. Timothy Sejba assumed leadership of the directorate from Col. John Anttonen at a ceremony

  • Partners in Space, Partners in Signature: An AEHF Tradition

    The Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Program marked a significant occasion, June 22 when members of the leadership team at the Space and Missile Systems Center, the Aerospace Corporation and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company all gathered to place their signatures on a thermal space

 

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