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  • Air Force ready to launch final GPS IIF-series satellite

    The U.S. Air Force and its mission partners are set to launch the 12th and final Boeing-built Global Positioning System GPS IIF satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle.Liftoff is scheduled for Feb. 5 from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air

  • SMC kicks off 'Mission of the Month'

    The Space and Missile Systems Center, with the support of SMC's Public Affairs office, is putting together a "Mission of the Month" initiative where SMC will highlight and showcase one of its directorates for an entire month through a multimedia effort.SMC Mission of the Month will highlight not

  • AF Releases Final Booster Propulsion Technology Maturation BAA Award

    The Space and Missile Systems Center released the tenth and final award notice on Jan. 27 under the Booster Propulsion Technology Maturation Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicitation supporting technology maturation and risk reduction for rocket propulsion system development.  The Air Force's

  • Newest Air Force Reservist sworn in by SMC commander

    On a sunny January afternoon, Jennie Ines was standing outside the Gordon Conference Center, waiting patiently for someone to exit. Specifically, she was waiting for Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center and Air Force program executive officer for space, to ask

  • SpaceX Falcon 9 Upgrade certified for National Security Space launches

    Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, Space and Missile Systems Center commander and Air Force program executive officer for space, updated the certified baseline configuration of SpaceX's Falcon 9 Launch System to Falcon 9 Upgrade, for use in National Security Space (NSS) missions. The baseline configuration

  • New SBIRS ground system celebrates final development capstone

    Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center and the 460th Space Wing announced the Remote Sensing Systems Directorate completion of the Space-Based Infrared System's Block 10 Integrated Test and Evaluation (IT&E) Readiness Soak.  This is the final Block 10 Increment 2 system test

  • USSTRATCOM commander visits SMC

    U.S. Navy Adm. Cecil Haney, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, met with Space and Missile Systems Center Airmen and civilian personnel during a visit to Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California Jan. 20. Haney was welcomed to SMC by Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, SMC commander and Air Force

  • OPIR Battlespace Awareness Center's Initial Testing Successful

    Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center and the 460th Space Wing Are proud to announce the initiation of 24/7 operations and Integrated Broadcast System messaging of Battlespace Awareness events in the newly stood up Overhead Persistent Infrared Battlespace Awareness

  • New SBIRS Full Constellation testing going well

    Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center and the 460th Space Wing have confirmed the Remote Sensing Systems Directorate's ongoing success of the Space-Based Infrared System's Block 10 Integrated Test and Evaluation (IT&E) Readiness comprehensive evaluation.  Beginning Jan. 5, the

 

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