Kirtland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in the southeast quadrant of the Albuquerque, New Mexico urban area, adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport. The base was named for the early Army aviator Col. Roy C. Kirtland. The military and the international airport share the same runways, making ABQ a joint civil-military airport.

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The 30th Space Communication Squadron (30 SCS) is part of the 30th Space Wing, 30th Operations Group, Vandenberg AFB, CA.  Its mission is to provide superior cyber and mobile optics capabilities by ensuring the responsive and secure delivery of voice, video and data information services and technologies. Vandenberg is located on California’s “Central Coast” and is about 150 miles northwest of Los Angeles. It launches military, unmanned and commercial satellites into polar orbit as well as test intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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The 532 Training Squadron (532 TRS) is part of the 381 Training Group- which is a Tenet Unit at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California- an hour north of Santa Barbara. The mission of the 532 TRS is “Train and Develop the Nation’s Strategic Nuclear Deterrent Force…One Airman at a Time.” They work hard to train nuclear missile maintainers and operators. Specifically on the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) and Air Launched Nuclear capable weapons. The Squadron name is “Workhorse”.

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The United States Air Force 381st Training Support Squadron (381 TRSS) at Vandenberg AFB, California supports the training of the nation's space and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) operations, and the ICBM and Air Launched Missile (ALM) maintenance forces. Vandenberg Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base, located approximately 9.2 miles NW of Lompoc, California. It is under the jurisdiction of the 30th Space Wing, Air Force Space Command. Vandenberg AFB is a Department of Defense space and missile testing base, with a mission of placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast, using expendable boosters. Wing personnel also support the Service's LGM-30G Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Force Development Evaluation program. The base also leases launch pad facilities to SpaceX, as well as 100 acres leased to the California Spaceport in 1995.

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On May 21, 2007 the Deputy Secretary of Defense and Executive Agent for Space established the Space Rapid Capabilities Office to rapidly respond to changing national security requirements and to be an agent for change across the community. “Rapid Solutions to Urgent Space Needs”

Approach: The Space Rapid Capabilities Office (SpRCO) works with the broader space community to provide rapid solutions to urgent space needs. The end state of the SpRCO concept is the ability to address emerging, persistent, and/or unanticipated needs through timely augmentation, reconstitution, and exploitation of space force enhancement, space control, and space support capabilities. SpRCO focuses on material (spacecraft, launch, range, payloads) and non-material solutions (business model, acquisition, policy, industrial base, training, command and control, tasking, exploitation, processing, & dissemination, concept of operations), and collaborates with national and international agencies to leverage existing investments and develop long-term partnerships.

Results: Delivers capabilities to the warfighter in operationally relevant time frames; Drives down overall costs and development timelines; Introduces new operational concepts for increased flexibility; and Engages the entire space community through collaboration and coalition opportunities.

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The Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP) is part of Launch Enterprise Experimental (SMC/LEX) located at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The RSLP program is responsible for providing suborbital launch capability for various DoD, DOE, and NASA organizations. Primary customers are AF Space Command, the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and the United States Army Space and & Strategic Defense Command. Sounding rockets provide the majority of mission requirements. These boosters use excess ballistic missile assets, primarily Minuteman rocket motors. Minuteman II provides the ICBM class of suborbital mission launch vehicles, and are used as targets and experiment platforms to deliver targets for ballistic missile defense and new concepts in weapon systems development. Contracts are in place to provide flexible and cost effective conduits to meet short term, quick response mission requirements, typically within 12-18 months. The program provides full launch service capability including mission planning, booster refurbishment, range support, launch services, and post flight analysis.

Kirtland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in the southeast quadrant of the Albuquerque, New Mexico urban area, adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport. The base was named for the early Army aviator Col. Roy C. Kirtland. The military and the international airport share the same runways, making ABQ a joint civil-military airport.

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Kirtland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in the southeast quadrant of the Albuquerque, New Mexico urban area, adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport. The base was named for the early Army aviator Col. Roy C. Kirtland. The military and the international airport share the same runways, making ABQ a joint civil-military airport. The Space Development and Test Directorate (SDTD) “Masters of the Calculated Risk” provides operationally responsive space (ORS) capabilities to assure warfighter access to national space assets that enhance mission command and control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The directorate conducts and coordinates activities throughout the United States and around the world for Department of Defense and other scientific developmental payloads and/or complete satellites – including system development, test, evaluation, launch and on-orbit operations.

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Kirtland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in the southeast quadrant of the Albuquerque, New Mexico urban area, adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport. The base was named for the early Army aviator Col. Roy C. Kirtland. The military and the international airport share the same runways, making ABQ a joint civil-military airport. The Space Development and Test Directorate (SDTD) "Masters of the Calculated Risk" provides operationally responsive space (ORS) capabilities to assure warfighter access to national space assets that enhance mission command and control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.  The directorate conducts and coordinates activities throughout the United States and around the world for Department of Defense and other scientific developmental payloads and/or complete satellites - including system development, test, evaluation, launch and on-orbit operations.

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Los Angeles Air Force Base is a non-flying United States Air Force Base located in El Segundo, California. Los Angeles Air Force Base houses and supports the headquarters of the Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). The center manages research, development and acquisition of military space systems. The 61st Air Base Wing provides support functions for the base. Atlas V was formerly operated by Lockheed Martin, and is now operated by the Lockheed Martin-Boeing joint venture United Launch Alliance.

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Vandenberg Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base, located approximately 9.2 miles NW of Lompoc, California. It is under the jurisdiction of the 30th Space Wing, Air Force Space Command. Vandenberg AFB is a Department of Defense space and missile testing base, with a mission of placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast, using expendable boosters. Wing personnel also support the Service's LGM-30G Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Force Development Evaluation program. The base also leases launch pad facilities to SpaceX, as well as 100 acres leased to the California Spaceport in 1995.

Atlas V was formerly operated by Lockheed Martin, and is now operated by the Lockheed Martin-Boeing joint venture United Launch Alliance.

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