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The 20th Space Surveillance Squadron (20 SPSS) is a Space Delta 2 unit located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida with the mission to execute multiplatform, tactical space warfighting domain characterization, recognition, and responsiveness to achieve 21st Space Wing and United States Space Command intent. The unit, formerly designated the 20th ...
5th Space Surveillance Squadron: RAF Feltwell: Deep Space Tracking System [14] Redesignated Det 4, 18th Intelligence Squadron: 16th Space Surveillance Squadron: Shemya AFS: AN/FPS-108 COBRA DANE: Renamed 16th Space Control Squadron: 17th Space Surveillance Squadron: RAF Edzell "Eternal Vigilance" Low Altitude Space Surveillance: Inactivated ...
15th Space Surveillance Squadron; 20th Space Surveillance Squadron (Detachment 3) Maui Space Surveillance Complex (MSSC) is located at the 10,023 foot-summit of Haleakala on the island of Maui, Hawaii as part of the Haleakalā Observatory, hosting Geographically Separate Units (GSUs) of Space Delta 2. The MSSC is host to small, medium, and ...
15th Space Surveillance Squadron (18 SPSS) Maui, Hawaii: 18th Space Defense Squadron (18 SDS) Vandenberg Space Force Base, California: 19th Space Defense Squadron (19 SDS) Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, Virginia: 20th Space Surveillance Squadron (20 SPSS) Eglin Air Force Base, Florida: 82nd Cyberspace Systems Squadron (82 CYSS) Peterson Space ...
Site C-6 was the 1971-84 location of the Alternate Space Surveillance Center [15]. In 1972 20% of the site's "surveillance capability…became dedicated to search for SLBMs" [43] (the USAF SLBM Phased Array Radar System was initiated In November 1972 by the JCS [44] while the Army's MSR and PAR phased arrays for missile defense were
It consists of the 15th Space Surveillance, 18th Space Defense Squadron, 19th Space Defense Squadron, and 20th Space Surveillance Squadron. Space Delta 2 was originally established on 1 February 1942 as the 21st Bombardment Group (21 BG), flying the B-25 Mitchell and B-26 Marauder in antisubmarine patrols during World War II.
0–9. 1st Test and Evaluation Squadron; 1st Delta Operations Squadron; 1st Range Operations Squadron; 1st Space Analysis Squadron; 1st Space Operations Squadron
The 5 SPSS was part of the USAF's Passive Space Surveillance Network which tracked the physical location of emitting satellites in orbit. This data along with that from other systems was used to adjust the orbits of various satellites and crewed vessels (for instance the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station ) to reduce the risk of ...