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  • 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

  • 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

  • 15th SPSS: Vigilant Guardians of the Heavens

    Steve Upton, 15th Space Surveillance Squadron, Detachment 1 cyber security systems manager, poses next to a ground-based, electro-optical deep space surveillance sensor at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Aug. 26, 2022. As a vital part of the Space Surveillance Network, the 15th SPSS’s GEODSS

  • Space Delta 2 changes command

    Space Delta 2 – Space Domain Awareness held its change of command at 2 p.m. June 14 at Peterson Air Force Base.U.S. Space Force Col. Matthew Cantore relinquished command to incoming commander U.S. Space Force Col. Marc Brock. Prior to taking command of Space Delta 2, Brock was the chief of the

  • Space Delta 2 welcomes newest USSF Guardians

    Tech Sgt. Shaneka Hunter, 71st Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance noncommissioned officer in charge of cyber intelligence, transfers into the U.S. Space Force at Peterson Air Force Base, Feb. 5, 2021. Hunter is the first female African American to transfer into the USSF in Space Delta 2. (U.S.

  • SpOC commander visits Delta 2

    Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, Space Operations Command commander, attends a Delta 2 mission briefing with DEL 2 leadership Jan. 11, 2021. In order to follow social distancing protocols, the briefing was conducted mostly through teleconferencing and virtual calls. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st

  • USSPACECOM commander visits Deltas 2, 3

    Space Delta 2 leadership greet U.S. Army Gen. James H. Dickinson, commander, U.S. Space Command, Jan. 12, 2021, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Dickinson visited DEL 2 as part of a tour of the Deltas across the U.S. Space Force. DEL 2 is one of eight mission-oriented Deltas within the USSF

  • Faces of Space – TSgt Matthew Molosz

    When someone pictures a U.S. Space Force professional, the first thing that comes to mind probably isn’t Clark Kent from the Superman comics. However, for Lt. Col. Damian Ochs, the 21st Operations Support Squadron superintendent, that is exactly how he would describe Tech Sgt. Matthew Molosz, a