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1st Space Control Squadron [4] Vandenberg AFB: Satellite Catalog: 4th Space Control Squadron [5] Holloman AFB "Space Pirates" Counter Communications System [6] 16th Space Control Squadron: Peterson AFB: RAIDRS: 20th Space Control Squadron: Eglin AFB: AN/FPS-85 Phased-array radar: 25th Space Range Squadron: Schriever AFB "Executioners" Space ...
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 ...
On 20 April 2016, the GEODSS detachments transitioned from the 21st Operations Group to the 20th Space Control Squadron and the 18th Space Control Squadron was reactivated on 22 July 2016 at Vandenberg Air Force Base. [9] In 2019, the 721st Operations Group was activated and gained the 4th Space Control Squadron and 16th Space Control Squadron ...
Eglin Site C-6's squadron of the 9th Aerospace Defense Division activated in September 1968 (now the 20th Space Control Squadron) [36] and after "technical problems"; [37] the site with radar and computer systems was completed [when?] in 1968, [38] were turned over to Air Force Systems Command on 20 September 1968, [39] and "became operational ...
Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance, or GEODSS, is an optical system that uses telescopes, low-light level TV cameras, and computers. It replaced an older system of six 20 inch (half meter) Baker-Nunn cameras which used photographic film. There are three operational GEODSS sites that report to the 20th Space Control Squadron:
1002d Civil Engineering Squadron (1 Oct 1989 − 30 Jan 1992) 1002d Security Police Squadron (formerly 1002d Special Security Squadron) (15 Oct 1986 – 14 Nov 1986) 1002d Space Systems Squadron (formerly 1002d Space Systems Support Squadron) (1 Oct 1985 – 30 Jan 1992) 1022d Combat Crew Training Squadron (1 Jun 1990 – 30 Jan 1992)
The AN/FPS-133 Air Force Space Surveillance System, colloquially known as the Space Fence, was a U.S. government multistatic radar system built to detect orbital objects passing over America. It is a component of the U.S. space surveillance network , and according to the U.S. Navy was able to detect basketball sized (75 cm (30 in)) objects at ...
The Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host wing for Vandenberg Space Force Base, providing base support for the Space Force's Space Operations Command and its Space Delta 5, and the Space Delta 6's 21st Space Operations Squadron. The Space Launch Delta 30 also provides support to non-Space Force units, such as the Air Force's 532d Training ...