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Lt. Gen. Daniel L. Karbler, commanding general, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, virtually joins Army leaders for the 2020 Virtual Fires Conference entitled “Fires: Achieving Overmatch in Large Scale Combat Operations,” hosted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on Sept. 29.

Oct. 7, 2020

Army SMDC leader speaks at 2020 Virtual Fires Conference

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s senior leader participated in a livestream event Sept. 29 where Army Fires forces from around the world listened to current, as well as future, plans. Army Lt. Gen. Daniel L. Karbler, commanding general, USASMDC, virtually joined Army leaders for the 2020 Virtual Fires Conference entitled “Fires: Achieving Overmatch in Large Scale Combat Operations” hosted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Army Gen. James Dickinson, U.S. Space Command commander, also participated in the virtual event.

A rocket lifts off from Florida launch pad.

Oct. 7, 2020

DOD official outlines space strategy

Justin T. Johnson, acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, discussed the department's four-pillar strategy for work that needs to be done in space within the next decade and beyond.

An artist's depiction of the Space Based Space Surveillance satellite tracking space debris. The 18th Space Control Squadron uses data collected from SBSS, and other sensors in the Space Surveillance Network, to track objects orbiting the earth, and provide Space Domain Awareness for space faring nations.

Sept. 24, 2020

18 SPCS now predicts debris-on-debris collisions in space, enhancing Space Domain Awareness for all

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — For the first time, the Combined Force Space Component Command’s 18th Space Control Squadron began publically sharing data for debris-on-debris conjunction predictions via www.Space-Track.org, Sept. 24. Previously, the 18 SPCS only released debris-on-active satellite conjunction prediction data publically due to limited conjunction screening and reporting capacity. Through a project titled Reduction of Conjunction Assessment Processing (ReCAP), 18 SPCS personnel reduced the daily number of legacy low to no-risk early conjunction reporting to satellite owners and operators by more than 30 percent. Additionally, the 18 SPCS increased the total number of objects screened daily by more than 350 percent.

U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson (left), U.S. Space Command commander, and U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott Stalker (center), USSPACECOM Command Senior Enlisted Leader, greet Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. (right), United States Air Force Chief of Staff, on Sept. 23 upon the CSAF's arrival at USSPACECOM headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

Sept. 23, 2020

Brown visits US Space Command, Peterson for first time as CSAF

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., United States Air Force Chief of Staff, visited U.S. Space Command on Sept. 23.

Two men in military uniform stand across from each other, talking.

Sept. 21, 2020

USSPACECOM commander visits Cavalier AFS

CAVALIER AIR FORCE STATION, N.D. — Army Gen. James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command, visited Cavalier Air Force Station, N.D., Sept. 14 to understand the installation’s significance to U.S. Space Force’s efforts.