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SBIRS GEO-3 Launch

An Atlas V rocket carrying the SBIRS GEO Flight 3 satellite lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex-41 at 7:42 p.m. EST, Jan 20. (Photo courtesy of United Launch Alliance)
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SBIRS GEO-3 Launch

An Atlas V rocket carrying the SBIRS GEO Flight 3 satellite lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex-41 at 7:42 p.m. EST, Jan 20. (Photo courtesy of United Launch Alliance)
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SBIRS GEO-3 Launch

An Atlas V rocket carrying the SBIRS GEO Flight 3 satellite lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex-41 at 7:42 p.m. EST, Jan 20. (Photo courtesy of United Launch Alliance)
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SBIRS GEO-3 Launch

An Atlas V rocket carrying the SBIRS GEO Flight 3 satellite lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex-41 at 7:42 p.m. EST, Jan 20. (Photo courtesy of United Launch Alliance)
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WGS-9

The ninth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-9), satellite is transported from the Boeing facility in El Segundo to LAX for delivery via an Air Force C-17 Globe Master, to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Jan, 9. WGS-9 will provide additional communications capabilities to both U.S. forces and international partners after undergoing final processing, encapsulation, and transport to the launch pad. (U. S. Air Force photo/ Joseph M. Juarez Sr.)
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SBIRS GEO-3

SBIRS GEO-3 is encapsulated at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Jan. 10 preparation for its scheduled Jan. 19 launch. The launch window is scheduled to open at 7:46 p.m., EST. (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin)
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SBIRS GEO-3

SBIRS GEO-3 is encapsulated at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Jan. 10 preparation for its scheduled Jan. 19 launch. The launch window is scheduled to open at 7:46 p.m., EST. (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin)
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Legacy Panel hosts retired pioneers of Manned Spaceflight Engineer program

Brig. Gen. Mark Baird, vice commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force base, California, addresses the audience attending the 2016 Legacy Panel, hosted by the Secretary of the Air Force Special Projects. Headlining this year’s panel were six retired Air Force officers: from left to right, Lt. Gen. Mike Hamel, Maj. Gen. John Kulpa, Jr., and Cols. William Pailes, Daryl Joseph, Cols. Gary Payton, and Brett Watterson, who discussed the Manned Spaceflight Engineer program, an elite corps of military astronauts specializing in deploying top-secret payloads that the National Reconnaissance Office and Space Division, forerunner of today’s SMC. The annual event offered a unique opportunity to hear from distinguished individuals who have been to space or had a significant impact on military space operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Joseph Juarez, Jr.)
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Bythewood takes helm of Remote Sensing Systems Directorate

Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center, and program executive officer for Space leads the audience in applauding Col. Dennis Bythewood, who assumed command of the Remote Sensing Systems Directorate Dec. 19, during a change of leadership ceremony in the Gordon Conference Center of the Schriever Space Complex at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Van De Ha)
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Bythewood takes helm of Remote Sensing Systems Directorate

Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center, and program executive officer for Space presents Brig. Gen. Michael Guetlein with a miniature replica of the SMC Armillary sculpture in recognition of his leadership at the center Dec. 19, during a change of leadership ceremony in the Gordon Conference Center of the Schriever Space Complex at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. General Guetlein, the departing Senior Material Leader of the RS Directorate, leaves SMC to become the program executive for programs and integration at the Missile Defense Agency in Huntsville, Alabama. (U.S. Air Force photo/Van De Ha)
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Bythewood takes helm of Remote Sensing Systems Directorate

Col. Dennis Bythewood addresses an audience of family members and Space and Missile Systems Center personnel after assuming command of the Remote Sensing Systems Directorate Dec. 19, during a change of leadership ceremony in the Gordon Conference Center of the Schriever Space Complex at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Van De Ha)
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Peacekeeper Display

Volunteers from the Space and Missile Systems Center Launch Enterprise Directorate’s Experimental Launch and Test Division based at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico restore a Peacekeeper Intercontinental Ballistic Missile for an exhibit recently unveiled at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History’s Heritage Park. The volunteers spent the past year working on the display during their off-duty time.
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Peacekeeper Display

The finished Peacekeeper display is unveiled at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History’s Heritage Park, Nov. 17
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Peacekeeper Display

Volunteers from the Space and Missile Systems Center Launch Enterprise Directorate’s Experimental Launch and Test Division based at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico restore a Peacekeeper Intercontinental Ballistic Missile for a new exhibit at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History’s Heritage Park.
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Peacekeeper Display

Volunteers from the Space and Missile Systems Center Launch Enterprise Directorate’s Experimental Launch and Test Division based at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico restore a Peacekeeper Intercontinental Ballistic Missile for a new exhibit at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History’s Heritage Park.
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Peacekeeper Display

Volunteers from the Space and Missile Systems Center Launch Enterprise Directorate’s Experimental Launch and Test Division based at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico restore a Peacekeeper Intercontinental Ballistic Missile for a new exhibit at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History’s Heritage Park.
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Static Fire Test

To assure continued safety, SMC's Rocket System Launch Program conducts periodic static fire tests like the one conducted on a 50-Year Old Minuteman Motor, Oct. 13. This test was unique because of the age of the motor.
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Static Fire Test

To assure continued safety, SMC's Rocket System Launch Program conducts periodic static fire tests like the one conducted on a 50-Year Old Minuteman Motor, Oct. 13. This test was unique because of the age of the motor.
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Static Fire Test

To assure continued safety, SMC's Rocket System Launch Program conducts periodic static fire tests like the one conducted on a 50-Year Old Minuteman Motor, Oct. 13. This test was unique because of the age of the motor.
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SMC members “Hoop it up” with Los Angeles Lakers

Serving like a Champion, the Space and Missile Systems Center team meet at half court with members of the 16-time NBA Champions Los Angeles Lakers. (U. S. Air Force photo by Van De Ha)
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