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  • 20th Space Control Squadron, Detachment 1

    20th Space Control Squadron, Detachment 1, operates the Air Force Space Surveillance System, which is comprised of the Alternate Space Control Center and Air Force Fence headquartered in Dahlgren, Va. The Air Force Fence currently consists of three transmitters and six receivers located along the

  • 16th Space Control Squadron

    The 16th Space Control Squadron is the Space Force's premier defensive space control unit. The squadron protects critical satellite communication links to achieve a near-global capability to detect, characterize, geolocate and report sources of electromagnetic interference (EMI) on U.S. military and

  • 20th Space Control Squadron, Det 3

    Detachment 3, 20th Space Control Squadron is a dedicated Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) space surveillance unit on the island of Maui, Hawaii atop the 10.023 foot summit of Mt. Haleakala, a dormant volcano.MISSIONThe primary mission of the detachment is to detect,

  • 20th Space Control Squadron, Det 2

    Detachment 2, 20th Space Control Squadron is a dedicated Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) space surveillance unit on the island of Diego Garcia, in the British Indian Ocean Territories.MISSIONThe primary mission of the detachment is to detect, track, and identify all

  • 20th Space Control Squadron, Det 1

    Detachment 1, 20th Space Control Sqaudron is a dedicated space surveillance unit in the northwest corner of the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range, approximately 30 miles southeast of the town of Socorro, N.M. The detachment was the first operational site in the Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep

 

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