Work has begun at New Boston AFS, N.H., to erect a modern remote satellite-tracking system for the 23rd Space Operations Squadron. Honeywell is the contractor leading this effort, which the Air Force calls the New Hampshire Tracking Station B-side Remote Tracking Station Block Change, or NHS-B RBC, project. Air Force officials expect the squadron to take ownership of the new tracking system by January 2014. This RBC is the seventh one that the Air Force is adding to its global satellite control network. Workers will construct a new ring wall and inflatable radome that will enclose a 13-meter antenna. The new system will stand on the site of the former 60-foot antenna that began operations at New Boston in 1961 and was demolished last year. The ground-breaking ceremony for the new system took place on July 21. (New Boston report by Capt. Jessica Schroeder)
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him? Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor…
