Artist’s rendering of WGS-11+

Photo Gallery

Clear Filters | 1001 - 1020 of 3053 results

SMC Mission of the Month Warrior of the Week #3: Mr. Joseph D. Barsotti

Mr. Joseph D. Barsotti, Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Program Integration Chief with the Space and Missile Systems Center's Global Positioning System Directorate is this week's Warrior of the Week during the SMC Mission of the Month campaign (Official U.S. Air Force photo)
Details Download

GPS IIF-12 Command Authority Handoff Ceremony

Lt. Col. Todd Benson, 2nd Space Operations Squadron commander, Col. Michael Rokaw, Space and Missile Systems Center’s GPS Space Segment Division chief, Col. Stephen Slade, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the 50th Space Wing commander, and Lt. Col. Samuel Baxter, 19th Space Operations Squadron commander, pose with a symbolic key after the 50th Space Wing assumed satellite control authority of SVN-70, a GPS IIF-12 satellite, from 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) in a short ceremony Feb. 12 at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. This satellite is the last in a demanding schedule of IIF satellite launches; the units have teamed together to support six launches in just 18 months. (U.S. Air Force photo/Christopher DeWitt)
Details Download

GPS IIF-12 Command Authority Handoff Ceremony

The 2nd and 19th Space Operations Squadrons assume satellite control authority of SVN-70 a GPS IIF-12 satellite, from 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) during a ceremony Feb. 12 at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. Following its launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Feb. 5 operators from the 50th and 310th Space Wings completed an extensive checkout of the satellite before placing it into its assigned orbital slot in the GPS constellation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Christopher DeWitt)
Details Download

GPS IIF-12 Command Authority Handoff Ceremony

Col. Stephen Slade, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the 50th Space Wing commander, assumes control of SVN-70, a GPS IIF-12 satellite, from 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) during a ceremony on Feb. 12 at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. GPS IIF-12 (SVN-70) will replace the legacy SVN-41, which will be moved to another location and provide auxiliary support to the GPS constellation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Christopher DeWitt)
Details Download

SMC and mission partners celebrate successful launch of Delta IV with NROL-45 spacecraft

Screen capture of a closed circuit video feed shows a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle at the moment of RS-68 main engine ignition just prior to the pair of side-mounted solid rocket motors lighting up. The 217-foot-tall orange and white two-stage Delta IV lifted off from Space Launch Complex-6, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., at 3:40 a.m. PST under more than a million pounds of thrust. The rocket successfully delivered a satellite, designated NROL-45, to a retrograde orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office. (Photo: ULA and 30th Space Wing)
Details Download

SMC and mission partners celebrate successful launch of Delta IV with NROL-45 spacecraft

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) rocket is captured in mid-flight from a viewer in Marina del Rey, Calif., as it heads downrange over the Pacific Ocean. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle successfully delivered a satellite, designated NROL-45, to orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office after lifting off at 3:40 a.m. PST Feb. 10, 2016 from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, located on California's Central Coast. (Courtesy photo: Craig Rogers)
Details Download

SMC and mission partners celebrate successful launch of Delta IV with NROL-45 spacecraft

Actress Bo Derek, a self-proclaimed local Vandenberg AFB girl, signs a banner for the NROL-45 satellite during a recent visit to the base. The mission's emblem on the payload fairing featured the silhouette of a military working dog sitting beside two soldiers kneeling at a memorial to a fallen comrade and the line, For those who have given all, we remember. A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) rocket successfully delivered a satellite, designated NROL-45, to orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office after lifting off at 3:40 a.m. PST Feb. 10, 2016 from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, located on California's Central Coast. (Courtesy photo)
Details Download

SMC and mission partners celebrate successful launch of Delta IV with NROL-45 spacecraft

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) rocket successfully delivered a satellite, designated NROL-45, to orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office after lifting off at 3:40 a.m. PST Feb. 10, 2016 from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, located on California's Central Coast. The mission's emblem on the payload fairing featured the silhouette of a military working dog sitting beside two soldiers kneeling at a memorial to a fallen comrade and the line, For those who have given all, we remember. (Courtesy photo: NRO)
Details Download

SMC and mission partners celebrate successful launch of Delta IV with NROL-45 spacecraft

A fisheye lens captures a dramatic view of the United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) rocket after rollback of the Mobile Service Tower at Space Launch Complex-6, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Feb. 10, 2016. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle successfully delivered a satellite, designated NROL-45, to orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office after lifting off at 3:40 a.m. PST from SLC-6 at Vandenberg AFB, located in northern Santa Barbara County on California's Central Coast. (Courtesy photo: ULA)
Details Download

SMC and mission partners celebrate successful launch of Delta IV with NROL-45 spacecraft

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) rocket successfully delivered a satellite, designated NROL-45, to orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office. Aided by a pair of side-mounted solid rocket motors and a liquid hydrogen-fueled RS-68 main engine, the 217-foot-tall orange and white two-stage Delta IV lifted off under more than a million pounds of thrust at 3:40 a.m. PST Feb. 10, 2016 from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, located in northern Santa Barbara County on California's Central Coast. (Courtesy photo: ULA)
Details Download

SMC and mission partners celebrate successful launch of Delta IV with NROL-45 spacecraft

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) rocket successfully delivered a satellite, designated NROL-45, to orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office after lifting off at 3:40 a.m. PST Feb. 10, 2016 from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, located on California's Central Coast. (Courtesy photo: ULA)
Details Download

SMC and mission partners celebrate successful launch of Delta IV with NROL-45 spacecraft

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) rocket successfully delivered a satellite, designated NROL-45, to orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office after lifting off at 3:40 a.m. PST Feb. 10, 2016 from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, located on California's Central Coast. (Courtesy photo: ULA)
Details Download

GPS: Dedicated to Excellence

Col. Steve Whitney, Space and Missile Systems Center director of the Global Positioning System Directorate (SMC/GP), Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Details Download

SMC Mission of the Month Warrior of the Week #2: Capt Aurelio Izzy Irizarry

Capt. Aurelio Izzy Irizarry from the Global Positioning System Directorate at the Space and Missile Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, Calif., is named Warrior of the Week for SMC Mission of the Month (Official U.S. Air Force photo)
Details Download

End of an era: Air Force successfully launches final GPS IIF series satellite

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (Feb. 5, 2016) – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the GPS IIF-12 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at 8:38 a.m. EST / 5:38 a.m. PST (Courtesy photo: ULA)
Details Download

End of an era: Air Force successfully launches final GPS IIF series satellite

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (Feb. 5, 2016) – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the GPS IIF-12 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at 8:38 a.m. EST / 5:38 a.m. PST (Courtesy photo: ULA)
Details Download

End of an era: Air Force successfully launches final GPS IIF series satellite

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (Feb. 5, 2016) – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the GPS IIF-12 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at 8:38 a.m. EST / 5:38 a.m. PST (Courtesy photo: ULA)
Details Download

End of an era: Air Force successfully launches final GPS IIF series satellite

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (Feb. 5, 2016) – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the GPS IIF-12 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at 8:38 a.m. EST / 5:38 a.m. PST (Courtesy photo: ULA)
Details Download

Air Force successfully launches final GPS IIF-series satellite

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (Feb. 5, 2016) – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the GPS IIF-12 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at 8:38 a.m. EST / 5:38 a.m. PST (U.S. Air Force photo/Van De Ha).
Details Download

Air Force successfully launches final GPS IIF-series satellite

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (Feb. 5, 2016) – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the GPS IIF-12 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at 8:38 a.m. EST / 5:38 a.m. PST (U.S. Air Force photo/Van De Ha).
Details Download

 

United States Space Force logo

Official United States Space Force Website