July 8, 2024 18th SDS Det. 1 transitions to DEL 2 Det. 1 under new leadership In a strategic move to lead battle management and space domain awareness in support of the integrated space forces, the 18th Space Defense Squadron Detachment 1, was redesignated Space Delta 2 – Space Domain Awareness & Space Battle Management Detachment 1. The redesignation was announced during the
April 7, 2024 Treating people like people: one Guardian’s perspective on coaching “I believe that a person’s value should not be assigned based on one singular event,” said McCready. “If someone makes a mistake, you should help them learn from their mistake and let them get on with their day.”
March 11, 2024 Space Delta 2 supports historic Odysseus lunar mission Guardians from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Delta 2 – Space Domain Awareness and Space Battle Management played an integral role in ensuring the security of NASA and Intuitive Machine’s Odysseus lunar mission, titled IM-1, as it traversed through space Feb. 22, 2024.
Feb. 28, 2024 Inspiring the next generation of space explorers Year 5 students (age 10 to 11) from Vale Park Primary School had an out-of-this-world experience when Royal Australian Air Force Leading Aircraftwoman Amy Clements and U.S. Space Force Maj. Dustin O’Donnell visited Dec. 1, 2023, to talk about current space technologies.
Dec. 20, 2023 Down to Earth with Space Delta 2 On this edition of Down to Earth, we are checking in with a coalition partner from Space Delta 2, Royal Air Force Cpl. Alexander Payne, 18th Space Defense Squadron orbital analysist, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
Nov. 22, 2023 U.S. Space Force DEL 2 Commander Visits Japan, Strengthens Ties Fuchu, Japan—U.S. Space Force Col. Raj Agrawal, commander of Space Delta 2 – Space Domain Awareness and Space Battle Management, accompanied by members of DEL 2 and Mr. F Schnell, director of Space Systems Command’s SDA Acquisition Delta, visited Japan Oct. 4-6, 2023, to strengthen ties with
Nov. 15, 2023 Navigating the Orbital Racetrack: How the 18th Space Defense Squadron Finds and Tracks Debris Imagine you're a racecar driver hurtling along a crowded track, surrounded by hundreds of other vehicles. They're in front, behind, and beside you, weaving through the lanes at breakneck speed. Some are even traveling towards you, whizzing past with just inches to spare. This is the reality of our
Sept. 26, 2023 Space Delta 2 Support for NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission Space Delta 2, the U.S Space Force's space domain awareness and space battle management delta, supported NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission as it returned to Earth September 24, 2023. The OSIRIS-REx mission was the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, with DEL 2 units
Aug. 30, 2023 19th Space Defense Squadron talks astronomy, space surveillance with Naval Postgraduate School On August 4, 2023, Guardians from the 19th Space Defense Squadron virtually briefed students from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, on 19th SDS’s use of astronomy to track objects in xGEO, the space domain beyond GEO, including cislunar space, or the area around the moon.
July 21, 2023 Space Domain Awareness front and center at ROKAF Open Space Forum U.S. Space Force Col. Raj Agrawal, commander, Space Delta 2-Space Domain Awareness and Space Battle Management, traveled to Seoul to meet with top officials from U.S. Space Forces Korea and the Republic of Korea Air Force to assess evolving space capabilities and to speak at the ROKAF’s third annual