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  • SBIRS GEO Flight-3 launch a family affair

    The dramatic, nighttime liftoff of a vital infrared surveillance satellite for the U.S. Air Force on Jan. 20 not only marked the successful culmination of years of preparation by a broad team of government and industry professionals, it also served as an inspiration for one Air Force family.The

  • Air Force Awards STPSat-6 Payload Integration Contract to Orbital ATK

    The Space and Missiles Systems Center has awarded a sole-source contract for Space Test Program Satellite 6 (STPSat-6) payload integration services to Orbital ATK, Feb. 3. The STPSat-6 spacecraft will be the primary payload on the STP-3 mission expected to launch no earlier than June 2019. The

  • Warrior of the Week: Maj. Steven Pugh

    Directorate: Advanced Systems and DevelopmentDuty title: Program Lead, Space Enterprise PrototypesYears in Service: 13 yearsTime on Station: 19 monthsHometown: Tuscaloosa, AlabamaGoals: Employ a clear, direct way to expeditiously develop space-related prototypes utilizing innovative solutions

  • SBIRS GEO Flight 3 Satellite Successfully Launched

    The U.S. Air Force and its mission partners, successfully launched the third Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite today on an United Launch Alliance Atlas V Evolved Expendable launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida at 7:42

  • SMC’s ninth WGS satellite arrives in Florida for launch

    The USAF Space and Missile Systems Center sponsored ninth Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft arrived today at Titusville-Cocoa Airport, Florida. The shipment of WGS-9 marks an important milestone for the launch campaign. WGS-9 will provide additional communications capabilities to both U.S. forces

  • SBIRS GEO Flight 3 is encapsulated

    The Air Force’s Space Based Infrared Systems Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Flight 3 satellite was encapsulated Jan.10 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. This encapsulation event is a significant milestone in GEO Flight 3’s launch process as it marks the satellite’s completion of all major

  • Legacy Panel hosts retired pioneers of Manned Spaceflight Engineer program

    An appreciative crowd of Space and Missile Systems Center personnel gathered in the Gordon Conference Center of the Schriever Space Complex Dec. 5 for the 2016 Legacy Panel, hosted by the Secretary of the Air Force Office of Special Projects Alumni Association. The annual event offered a unique

  • Bythewood takes helm of Remote Sensing Systems Directorate

    Col. Dennis Bythewood assumed leadership of the Remote Sensing Systems Directorate on Dec. 19, during a change of leadership ceremony in the Gordon Conference Center of the Schriever Space Complex. The event was presided over by Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, Space and Missile Systems Center commander,

 

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