Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) Archives

USAF Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC)

USAF Space and Missile Systems Center’s SMC 2.0 Transformation Achieves FOC

The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has completed the largest transformation in its 65-year history and

ULA Atlas V Rocket Lifts Off with AFSPC-11 Mission

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U.S. Air Force Awards Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 Contracts

October 26, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), Orbital Services Program-4 (OSP-4), Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force’s Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP) Office awarded a multiple award, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQ) Contract

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U.S. Air Force’s ORS-5/SensorSat Satellite to Reach Full Operational Capability Later This Year

October 26, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), Military satellite, ORS-5 (SensorSat), Space Situational Awareness (SSA), Space Surveillance, U.S. Air Force (USAF), US DOD Operationally Responsive Space (ORS), USA

The U.S. Air Force (USAF)’s Operationally Responsive Space (ORS)-5 satellite, also known as SensorSat, will reach Full Operational Capability declaration

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KBR to Upgrade Remote Tracking Stations in Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN)

September 25, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN), Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

KBR announced today that it was awarded two contract modifications totaling almost $40 million to upgrade remote tracking stations in

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Iridium Awarded 7-Year, $738.5 Million Contract by the U.S. Department of Defense

September 19, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS), Iridium Communications, Satellite communications (SATCOM), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Iridium Communications Inc.announced that it has been awarded a $738.5 million, seven-year, fixed-price contract with the U.S. Department of Defense

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U.S. Air Force’s SBIRS GEO-4 Missile Warning Satellite Achieves Operational Acceptance

June 10, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), Military satellite, Missile warning satellite, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force’s SBIRS GEO-4 missile warning satellite successfully achieved Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) operational acceptance. The satellite

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U.S. Air Force Releases RFP for Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement Contract

May 4, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Security Space Launch (NSSL), Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), released a

Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite

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Lockheed Martin Completes On-Orbit Test of U.S. Air Force’s AEHF-4 Military Communications Satellite

April 30, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Satellite, AEHF-4, Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), Communications satellite, Lockheed Martin, Military satellite, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Lockheed Martin announced the successful completion of the on-orbit test of the U.S. Air Forces’s AEHF-4 military communications satellite. The

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Boeing Awarded $605 Million by U.S. Air Force for Production of 11th Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite, WGS-11

April 22, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), Boeing, Communications satellite, Military satellite, Satellite, Satellite communications (SATCOM), Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)

Boeing has been awarded a not-to-exceed $605 million firm-fixed-price contract modification for the production of eleventh Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)