USAF turns the lights out at Satellite Operations Center-52 at Onizuka AFS, Calif. SOC- 52-also called the “blue cube”-had operated for 36 years, supporting both USAF and civil space operations. Its functions transferred to Schriever AFB, Colo., in 2004.
The Department of the Air Force's new space acquisition chief said he will seek to expand the types of orbits used by the Space Force's future satellite constellations in the interest of improving their resilience. At the same time, he would aim to acquire smaller satellites that can be produced…