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Aug. 19, 2022

15 SPSS: The neighborhood watch of space

MAUI SPACE FORCE STATION, Hawaii — MAUI SPACE FORCE STATION, Hawaii – Sitting atop the 10,023-foot summit of Haleakala in Hawaii are telescopes capable of tracking deep space objects as small as a basketball more than 20,000 miles in space.

Aug. 17, 2022

Navy Helicopters and Air Force Pararescue Forces Conduct Astronaut Recovery Exercise

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — U.S. Space Command held an exercise Aug. 1-5 at Patrick Space Force Base, Fl., in preparation for the upcoming launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5, targeted for no earlier than September 29, 2022.

Aug. 16, 2022

UNARMED MINUTEMAN III TEST LAUNCH FROM VANDENBERG

Vandenberg Space Force Base — An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 12:49 a.m. PDT.

Aug. 12, 2022

U.S. Fleet Cyber Command / U.S. Navy Space / Joint Force Headquarters – Cyber / U.S. 10th Fleet holds Change of Command

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. — Vice Adm. Craig A. Clapperton relieved Vice Adm. Ross Myers as Commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command (FCC) / U.S. Navy Space Command (NAVSPACECOM) / Joint Force Headquarters – Cyber / U.S. 10th Fleet (C10F), during a change of command ceremony at the C10F Headquarters, Aug. 4.Myers commended the 19,000-person enterprise for their innovative and

Aug. 11, 2022

SBIRS GEO-6 Launch Closes Out Two Decades of Progress in Missile Warning, Tracking and Detection; Next-Gen OPIR to Take the Helm

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — When the last of Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellites was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Aug. 4, Lauro “Larry” Dungca and his wife were there, watching his first – and last - SBIRS launch.