Space Operations Command

Space Heritage 🌟🪐: On this day three years ago, SpOC Guardians played a role in the world's first planetary defense test mission. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission launched on Nov. 23, 2021, aimed to verify if a kinetic impact could redirect an asteroid's path. Our Guardians supported the mission by using space surveillance assets to track and monitor orbital debris, ensuring flight safety and providing route clearance to the asteroid. On Sept. 26, 2022, the DART spacecraft made a direct hit on the target asteroid—which was traveling roughly 15,000 mph nearly 6.7 million miles from Earth—and shortened its orbit by an astonishing 32 minutes! ☄️ This historic mission confirmed that NASA can successfully navigate a spacecraft to intentionally collide with an asteroid and kinetically deflect its orbital trajectory. This is a crucial step in protecting our planet from potential asteroid threats! **Information provided by SpOC History Office** United States Space Force #USSpaceForce #SemperSupra #BuildOnAndBuildOut #USSF5

Here's some Mission Delta 3 to start off your Saturday! United States Space Force #SpOCTradingCards #SemperSupra #ViaVincimus #USSF5

ICYMI: If you didn't see our announcement last week, these outstanding Guardians and team below will represent us in the United States Space Force Polaris Awards! Best of luck to all! #USSpaceForce #SemperSupra #BuildOnAndBuildOut #USSF5

For USAFA's Semper Supra Week, the Academy honored the United States Space Force at several sporting events, including the Falcon's hockey match Saturday night. SpOC Deputy Commander of Operations, Plans, Training and Force Development, Canadian Exchange Officer Brigadier General Kyle Paul led the ceremonial puck drop in the game that culminated in a Falcon win! #USSpaceForce #SemperSupra #USSF5 #BuildOnAndBuildOut

ONE GUARDIAN | Specialist 3 Judah Falcon serves as a vehicle systems operator for the Global Positioning System constellation with newly designated Mission Delta 31, 2nd Navigation Warfare Squadron, located at Schriever SFB, Colo. Hailing from Ridgefield, Wash., Falcon enlisted in the U.S. Space Force Aug. 29, 2022, as a VSO and is responsible for the health and safety of the GPS constellation, delivering the world’s gold standard for positioning, navigation, and timing data to military and civilian users globally. Read more about Spc3 Flacon... #USSpaceForce #SemperSupra #USSF5 #BuildOnAndBuildOut

At SpOC, we are dedicated to developing our Guardians and Airmen. So, we are proud to announce that the first class of Guardians from the Orbital Engagement Qualification Course graduated in a ceremony on Nov. 14. The Orbital Engagement Qualification Course is a new, groundbreaking orbital warfare training program that prepares graduates to integrate joint functions in support of Delta 9 to protect and defend operations. The intensive course curriculum includes hundreds of hours of classroom instruction, on the job training, high-fidelity training simulations, and eight multi-week exercises. So, join us in celebrating the initial cadre of graduates who have completed all qualification and certification requirements. Graduates of this course will strengthen SpOC’s ability to generate, present, sustain, and improve combat ready orbital warfare forces, ensuring that the United States Space Force is prepared for whatever the future holds. 🧑🎓 #USSpaceForce #SemperSupra #BuildOnAndBuildOut #USSF5

United States Space Force 2nd Lt. Josiah Wattenbarger gave a Space Force mission brief to the Cape Code Rotary Club—a global network of 1.4 million business and professional leaders dedicated to making a positive difference in our local, national, and international communities through service. Wattenbarger, a Guardian with the 6th Space Warning Squadron at Cape Cod Space Force Station, Massachusetts, volunteered for the opportunity to educate community members on the service branch and his unit, informing them of how Space Force protects our Space assets and impacts our national security, economy, and world-wide communications 🌎. #USSpaceForce #SemperSupra #BuildOnAndBuildOut #USSF5

Space Base Delta 2 is in the spotlight as our review of SpOC's Deltas continues! United States Space Force #SpOCTradingCards #SemperSupra #ViaVincimus #USSF5

The 8th Combat Training Squadron hosted 10 Sailors from the US Navy's Submarine Forces Atlantic (SUBFORLANT). The Submariners visited multiple Space and Mission Deltas at Schriever and Buckley Space Force Base, Colo. gaining better understanding of SpOC's role in joint warfare. The United States Space Force provides critical space-based capabilities like satellite communications, navigation, weather forecasting, and missile warning systems to the SUBFORLANT fleet which directs and supports submarines in the European and African Command. #USSpaceForce #USSF5 #Partners #BuildOnAndBuildOut

As Guardians, we live by the words Character, Connection, Commitment and Courage. We couldn't be more proud of our SpOC nominees for the United States Space Force Polaris awards, who embody the Guardian Spirit for us all. Best of luck competing at the Space Force Level! #USSpaceForce #SemperSupra #BuildOnAndBuildOut #USSF5