The 1st Space Operations Squadron at Schriever AFB, Colo. will assume command and control of the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) this summer. The satellites are a space-based capability that will operate in the near-geosynchronous orbit regime supporting U.S. Strategic Command space surveillance operations as a dedicated Space Surveillance Network sensor.
General William L. Shelton, Commander of Air Force Space Command, directed 1 SOPS to add command and control of GSSAP to the portfolio of Space Situational Awareness systems they control, including the Space Based Space Surveillance satellite and the Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (ATRR) satellite.
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