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  • 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,

  • 50-Year Old Minuteman Motor Passes Static Fire Test

    As part of its mission of storing and maintaining decommissioned solid Intercontinental Ballistic Missile stages, the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Rocket System Launch Program, located at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, routinely conducts robust aging surveillance efforts including

  • SMC members “Hoop it up” with Los Angeles Lakers

    How often do you get a chance to scrimmage with the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers?Prior to the start of a preseason game Oct. 11 against the Portland Trailblazers, 50 members from the Space and Missile System Center got that chance. The SMC personnel from Los Angeles Air Force Base here were given

  • New Fisher House debuts at VA Long Beach

    Tracye Davis, acting director of the Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System was handed the keys to the sixth and newest Fisher House to open in California by Fisher House Foundation president David Coker during a dedication ceremony Oct. 19 at the VA Long Beach Medical Center.This home will

  • Air Force Awards NROL-111 Mission Contract

    The U.S. Air Force’s Rocket Systems Launch Program, part of the Launch Enterprise Directorate at the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), awarded the National Reconnaissance Office Launch-111 contract to Orbital ATK. The contract is a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $29.2 million for a

  • Air Force, its mission partners successfully launches WGS-8 satellite

    The U.S. Air Force and its mission partners successfully launched the 8th Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida at 6:53 p.m. EST."Today's launch

 

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