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SpaceRef - Government and Politics - Military - United States - Air Force

  • ICBMs
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Satellites
  • Satellite Tracking

  • 14th Air Force, Vandenberg AFB, CA - The 14th Air Force is headquartered at Vandenberg AFB, CA and serves as the day-to-day managers of Air Force Space Command's (AFSPC) space forces and are responsible for their operational planning and employment in wartime and major worldwide exercises.

  • 20th Air Force, F.E. Warren AFB, WY - The NATO III satellite provides immediate communications links between officials of the various NATO nations. Members of the wing's 5th Space Operations Squadron, located at Onizuka Air Station, Calif., perform command and control on the NATO III satellite in orbit.

  • 20th Space Surveillance Squadron, Eglin AFB, FL - The 20th Space Surveillance Squadron (20SPSS), Air Force Space Command, operates and maintains the only phased-array space surveillance system dedicated to detect, track, identify, and report on all near-earth and deep-space objects within the radar's coverage.

  • 21st Space Wing, Peterson AFB, CO - Provides early warning of strategic and theater ballistic missile attacks and foreign space launches. Detects, tracks and catalogs more than 9,500 manmade objects in space, from those in near–Earth orbit to objects up to 22,300 miles above the earth's surface Hosts HQ North American Aerospace Defense Command, HQ U.S. Space Command, HQ Air Force Space Command.

  • 45th Space Wing, Patrick AFB, FL - This is the organization that runs Capce Canaveral Air Station located adjacent to Kennedy Speak Center and the site of numerous unmanned rocket launches.

  • 50th Space Wing, Schriever AFB, CO - Home page for the 50th Space Wing at Schriever Air Force Base.

  • 55th Space Weather Squadron - The mission of the 55th Space Weather Squadron is to provide space environmental analysis, forecasts, and warnings to enhance the capability of worldwide Department of Defense forces and other Federal agencies. Department of Defense customers include high priority national space programs, North American Aerospace Defense Command, United States Space Command and Air Force Space Command.

  • Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base - This is the homepage for the Air Force's main test and development center.

  • Air Force Research Laboratories Propulsion Directorate (AFRL/PR) - - AFRL/PR plans and executes the Air Force exploratory development, advanced development, and assigned research programs for flight vehicle propulsion and aircraft power technology.

  • Detachment 3, 18th Space Surveillance Squadron, Maui, Hawaii - Mission is to detect, track and identify all tasked space objects within its area of coverage using the Ground-based Electro–Optical Deep Space Surveillance system and the Maui Space Surveillance System.

  • European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) Press Room - This site contains the latest press releases issued by ESA and ESCO news headlines.

  • Headquarters, Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, CO - "AFSPC brings space to the warfighter by continuously improving the command’s ability to provide and support combat forces – assuring their access to space. In addition, the command’s ICBM forces deter any adversary contemplating the use of weapons of mass destruction."

  • Israel Aerospace Medicine Institute (IAMI) - IAMI addresses the needs of physicians, scientists, and allied professionals who work in the field of Aerospace Medicine.

  • National Aerospace Laboratory NLR - The mission of tNLR is to provide expert contributions to activities in aerospace and related fields. NLR independently renders services to government departments and international agencies, aerospace industries and aircraft and spacecraft operators. Customers include various organizations based in the Netherlands, in Europe and elsewhere.

  • North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) - NORAD is a binational United States and Canadian organization charged with the missions of aerospace warning and aerospace control for North America. Aerospace warning includes the monitoring of man-made objects in space, and the detection, validation, and warning of attack against North America whether by aircraft, missiles, or space vehicles, utilizing mutual support arrangements with other commands. Aerospace control includes providing surveillance and control of the airspace of Canada and the United States.

  • Space and Missile Museum at Cape Canaveral - The Air Force Space and Missile Museum at Cape Canaveral Air Station displays numerous missiles, rockets and related space equipment and is open to the public daily.

  • Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) - SMC's strategic goals are to make space mission execution, ground support, and launch affordable, reliable, timely and routine for the warfighter and to create capabilities for an integrated national security air and space architecture.

  • Space Warfare Center - The primary purpose of the SWC is to develop and test concepts, applications and procedures that enable the warfighters to more fully utilize the unique capabilities of these space-based assets. The requirement is for these capabilities to be more timely and routine to the warfighters.


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