The Air Force had successfully launched 47 consecutive military payloads, noted Lt. Gen. Mike Hamel, commander of Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center. Speaking Friday at AFA’s Space Symposium, Hamel said that another launch was scheduled for that day. Shortly thereafter at the symposium, Roger Krone, president of Boeing’s network and space systems, confirmed that the 48th launch had indeed taken place as scheduled. A Boeing Delta II at 2:12 p.m. EST on Nov. 17 boosted the Lockheed Martin-built Global Positioning System Block IIR-16M satellite into orbit from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla. It was the second replenishment GPS boosted into orbit this fall.
Wilsbach on Key Takeaway from Pacific ABMS Onramp
Oct. 27, 2020
Real-time, highly-detailed airfield status around the Pacific theater was one of the standout features of the Valiant Shield/Advanced Battle Management experiment run in September, Pacific Air Forces chief Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach reported at an AFA Mitchell Institute streaming event Oct. 27. It's the single feature he would most want…