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Falcon 9 rocket

A Falcon 9 rocket launches at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Nov. 11, 2019. The launch, supported by the 45th Space Wing, includes upgrades to the Starlink broadband network. The Starlink network is a collection of satellites being used to provide fast, reliable internet to areas with little to no connectivity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zoe Thacker)
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International Space Station commercial resupply mission

The Cygnus NG-12 cargo spacecraft, S.S. Alan Bean, launches from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia aboard an upgraded Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems Antares 230+ rocket at 9:59 a.m. EDT Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. On board the two-day flight to the International Space Station are the Aerospace Rogue Alpha/Beta Cubesats, which have officially achieved their priority mission of developing a small low Earth orbit constellation in just 18 months for the Space and Missile Systems Center Development Corps at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California. The cubesats will collect data on cloud backgrounds to inform future low Earth orbit missions. The Air Force will also utilize this program’s data to investigate potential uses of the capability. (Image credit: Bill Ingalls/NASA)
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X-37B breaks record, lands after 780 days in orbit

The Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 successfully landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility Oct. 27, 2019. The X-37B OTV is an experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the U.S. Air Force. (Courtesy photo)
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Cavalier AFS

A full view of the Perimeter Acquisition Radar building located at Cavalier Air Force Station in North Dakota. The building houses the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System, a key piece of the national military command system. (Courtesy photo)
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Fifth AEHF satellite launches into orbit

Space and Missile Systems Center’s Advanced Extreme High Frequency encapsulated satellite mated with an Atlas V launch vehicle rolls out in preparation for launch Aug. 8 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (Photo by Van Ha, Space and Missile Systems Center Public Affairs)
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Landsat 8 observation data of Camp Fire

Earth observation data from Landsat 8 was used to create this NASA image of the Camp Fire as it burned near Paradise, Calif. Nov. 8, 2018. The U.S. Air Force provided data from some of its Overhead Persistent Infrared systems to assist the U.S. Forest Service fight this fire, demonstrating the dual military/civil use of OPIR, which primarily serves as the nation’s space-based missile early warning system. (Courtesy NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens)
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Propelling satellites in to space

Propelled with DLA Energy-supplied high purity hydrazine, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Aug. 8. Photo courtesy of ULA.
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Propelling satellites in to space

Approximately 2,600 pounds of high purity hydrazine was supplied for the rocket and payload and 755 pounds of dinitrogen tetroxide for the payload to launch the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Aug. 8. Photo courtesy of ULA.
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SMC, partners send missile to orbit

A Delta IV carrying the GPS III SV2 satellite lifts off from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Aug. 22, 2019. The satellite will become part of a 31 satellite constellation on orbit, providing enhanced timing and navigation to civilians and the warfighter. (United Launch Alliance courtesy photo)
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E-SCAPE-ING the average workday

Airmen assigned to the 4th Space Launch Squadron perform operations once a quarter that require them wear to Self-Contained Atmospheric Protective Ensemble suits at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Airmen of the 4th SLS enable assured access to space year-round, and in doing so, don SCAPE suits to perform duties near rocket fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Clayton Wear.)
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E-SCAPE-ING the average workday

Staff Sgt. Shane Stilson, 4th Space Launch Squadron mission assurance technician, stands in a Self-Contained Atmospheric Protective Ensemble suit at Space Launch Complex 6 Aug. 3, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Airmen of the 4th SLS enable assured access to space year-round, and in doing so, don SCAPE suits to perform duties near rocket fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Clayton Wear.)
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 AMOS-17 rocket

SpaceX's Falcon 9 AMOS-17 rocket launched on August 6, 2019, from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The AMOS-17 mission will be the most advanced satellite to provide satellite communication services to Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zoe Thacker)
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Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System

The Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System is responsible for tracking thousands of objects in space. The telescopes fall under the 21st Space Wing and is positioned at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Here, 216 photos captured over a 90 minute period are layered over one another, making the star trails come to life. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Tech. Sgt. David Salanitri)
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Air Force, SpaceX ready to launch first Falcon Heavy

Sporting two, previously used side boosters, the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch vehicle stands tall on Launch Complex-39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in the early morning hours of June 24, 2019. The four-hour launch window opens tonight at 11:30 p.m. Eastern, 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (Photo: SpaceX)
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Milstar program reaches 25 year milestone

Milstar, formerly known as the Military Strategic and Tactical Relay, has reached 25 years of service. Milstar is responsible for providing the President, Secretary of Defense and the U.S. armed forces with reliable satellite communications, ensuring minimal interception or detection. Designed to overcome enemy jamming and nuclear effects, Milstar is a robust and reliable communication system.
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Schriever’s space experimenters blaze new trails

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches into the air from Launch Complex 41 during the Air Force Space Command 11 launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, April 14, 2018. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter Augmented Geosynchronous Laboratory Experiments system was onboard and is one of the 3rd Space Experimentation Squadron’s primary missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Stoltz)
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Deep-Space Surveillance Telescope

Clouds pass by a Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep-Space Surveillance telescope located on White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 29, 2017. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. David Salanitri
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