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A Soldier holds one of the small lightweight GPS receivers used during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. (U.S. Air Force photo) Evolution of GPS: From Desert Storm to today's users
In a desert, it's easy to get lost. There are no roads, no signposts, nor vegetation to give locational clues. That was the grim situation facing U.S. and coalition forces during the 1990-1991 crisis in the Persian Gulf, known as Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
0 3/24
2016
A close-up image of a Global Positioning System IIF-series satellite as it sits atop its payload adapter awaiting final encapsulation within a 4-meter diameter protective fairing Oct. 21 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The Air Force and its mission partners are scheduled to launch the GPS IIF-11 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 launch vehicle Oct. 30 from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla. The launch window is set to open at 12:17 p.m. EDT and will remain open for 18 minutes. (United Launch Alliance courtesy photo) Air Force set to launch next-to-last GPS IIF satellite
Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center and its mission partners are scheduled to launch the 11th Boeing-built Global Positioning System IIF satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 launch vehicle Oct. 30 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
0 10/28
2015
Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, Space and Missile Systems Center commander and Air Force program executive officer for Space, leads the audience in applauding Dr. Claire Leon as the first director of the Launch Systems Enterprise Directorate during a stand-up ceremony Oct. 14, 2015, at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Van De Ha) SMC stands up new launch systems directorate
Space and Missile Systems Center leaders officially stood up its newest organization, the Launch Systems Enterprise Directorate (SMC/LE), at a ceremony here Oct. 14.
0 10/15
2015
Default Air Force Logo SBIRS awards technical refresh modification
The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) recently completed negotiations on the Lockheed Martin Space Systems’ Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Technical Refresh proposal and awarded the contract modification June 9.
0 6/10
2015
Default Air Force Logo AF releases rocket propulsion system prototypes request for proposal
The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) here released a formal solicitation June 2, seeking proposals for shared public-private investments in rocket propulsion system (RPS) prototypes.
0 6/02
2015
Team Vandenberg launches its first-ever
SpaceX launch from Space Launch Complex-4 here Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. 30th Space Wing's 1st Air and Space Test Squadron was the lead for all launch site certification activities at Vandenberg for SpaceX as an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle New Entrant. Under the authority of the Space and Missile Systems Center, the Squadron evaluated SpaceX's flight and ground systems, processes and procedures for this inaugural space launch campaign for the upgraded Falcon-9 rocket. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Yvonne Morales)
Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center Certifies SpaceX for National Security Space Missions
Lieutenant General Samuel Greaves, Commander of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and Air Force Program Executive Officer for Space, has announced the certification of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation’s (SpaceX) Falcon 9 Launch System for national security space missions.
7 5/26
2015
An Atlas V rocket successfully launches the AFSPC-5 mission from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., May 20, 2015.(Courtesy photo/United Launch Alliance) AF successfully launches the AFSPC-5 mission
The Air Force and its mission partners successfully launched the AFSPC-5 mission aboard the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) procured United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, May 20, at 11:05 a.m. EST. There were no issues reported with the launch.
0 5/21
2015
Default Air Force Logo SMC stands up new Advanced Systems and Development Directorate
While space officially begins at 62 miles above the Earth's surface, for the men and women of the Air Force space begins near sea level at the Space and Missile Systems Center in El Segundo, Calif.
0 11/24
2014
Default Air Force Logo Space fence contract awarded
The Air Force awarded a $914,699,474 contract to Lockheed Martin on June 2, 2014 to develop a system that will track objects in Earth's orbit with far greater confidence and fidelity.
0 6/05
2014
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