What appeared to some as routine procedure in the 2nd Space Operations Squadron conference room was really a record in the making, with Team Black Jack accepting SCA just six days after the Halloween launch of satellite vehicle number-73. The 2 SOPS and 19th Space Operations Squadrons accepted satellite control authority of GPS IIF-11 SVN-73 Nov. 6 at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado.
Representatives from the Space and Missile Systems Center, 14th Air Force and the 50th Space Wing, including 2 and 19 SOPS commanders, connected through a teleconference to formally accept command and control of the latest GPS satellite launched into orbit Oct. 31 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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