The Air Force’s Space Based Space Surveillance satellite is “exceeding performance expectations” on orbit, Maj. Gen. John Hyten, USAF’s director of space acquisition policy, told Senate overseers during a space hearing. He said the satellite is “demonstrating excellent focus, high...
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Air Force A-10 ground-attack platforms and AC-130 gunships have begun to support coalition air operations in Libya, said Vice Adm. Bill Gortney, Joint Staff director, Monday. “We have employed A-10s and AC-130s over the weekend,” he told reporters in the...
Air Force space officials announced Monday that they have transferred satellite control authority, or SCA, for the Space Based Space Surveillance satellite to the 1st Space Operations Squadron at Schriever AFB, Colo. The squadron is now responsible for operating and...
The future of the Space Based Space Surveillance satellite program is not clear. The Defense Department has tasked Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, who serves as the DOD executive agent for space, to look at a range of alternatives to...
America’s current space-based early warning system, the Defense Support Program satellite constellation, will continue to provide the first line of defense to the US and its allies as Space Based Infrared System satellites enter operations, an Air Force space official...
The only full-size model of a Defense Support Program early warning satellite is now in place in the National Museum of the US Air Force on the grounds of Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, near Dayton. Northrop Grumman donated the model, which...
Northrop Grumman has shipped a full-size model of a Defense Support Program satellite to the National Museum of the US Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, in Dayton, Ohio, for display there. “We are honored the Air Force has accepted our...
USAF’s X-51A unmanned hypersonic air vehicle flew further on its own power in its first flight on Wednesday than any other scramjet-powered vehicle in history, eclipsing NASA’s X-43 Hyper-X. Charlie Brink, USAF’s X-51A program manager, said his government and industry...
The Space and Missile Systems Center reports that Defense Support Program Flight 14, better known as DSP-14, has been conducting missile warning operations for more than 20 years. That means it has exceeded its on-orbit design goal by 15 years....