21st Century USAF Bases: Los Angeles AFB and the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), Military Space, Satellites, Launch Vehicles, GPS, Missile Defense, ICBM, Testing Programs (DVD-ROM)

This electronic book on DVD-ROM provides a comprehensive guide to the U.S. Air Force Los Angeles AFB and the Space and Missile Systems Center. The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), a subordinate unit of the Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., is the center of technical excellence for researching, developing and purchasing military space systems. The center is also responsible for on-orbit check-out, testing, sustainment and maintenance of military satellite constellations and other Department of Defense space systems The center is located at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif., four miles south of Los Angeles International Airport. The center has an annual total budget in excess of $10 billion per year and employs 1,125 military members, 1,197 civilians and an estimated 2,180 contractors worldwide. It manages between $50 and $60 billion in contracts at any one time. Military Satellite Communication Systems Wing - Develops, acquires and sustains space-enabled global communications capabilities to support national objectives. Global Positioning Systems Wing - Acquire and sustain survivable, effective, and affordable global positioning, navigation and timing services for our military and civil users. Space Based Infrared Systems Wing - Develops, acquires, sustains space-based Infrared surveillance, tracking and targeting capabilities for missile warning/defense and intelligence. Launch and Range Systems Wing - Develops and acquires expendable launch and range systems and manages launch integration, mission assurance, and launch campaigns. Space Superiority Systems Wing - Delivers and sustains unrivaled space control systems to ensure space superiority. Space Development and Test Wing (Kirtland AFB, NM) - Develops advanced responsive space systems, concepts, targets, and launchers. 526th ICBM Systems Group (Hill AFB, UT) - Dedicated weapon system professionals responsible from vision to retirement of Minuteman, Peacekeeper, and future global strike missile systems; the single face to our user for development, acquisition, sustainment and disposal. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Systems Group - Provides timely and accurate worldwide environmental data to DoD and national program users. Satellite Control and Network Systems Group - Modernizes and sustains the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN). Acquires hardware and software to operationally control 170 DoD/National/Allied/Civil satellites. Missile Defense Systems Group - Responsible for activities associated with program execution of the Space Tracking and Surveillance System research and development, Near Field Infrared Experiment and Advanced Technology Risk Reduction effort.