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Air Force Transfers SBSS Control To Operators

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Monday, March 28th, 2011

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The Air Force has transferred Satellite Control Authority of the SBSS Block 10 satellite to the 1st Space Operations Squadron, 50th Operations Group at Schriever AFB, Colo., officials said recently. As a taskable dedicated sensor within the U.S. space surveillance network, SBSS performs space surveillance operations in support of U.S. Strategic Command. Block 10 is the only space-based sensor in the network and collects Space Object Identification data without the disruption of weather, time of day and atmosphere that can…

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