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AFPSC-11 Mission Set to Launch
by Staff Writers
Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Apr 13, 2018

File image of at an Atlas 5

The AFSPC-11 mission is set to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, April 14.

A live feed will begin 20 minutes prior to the launch at 6:53 p.m. EDT and concluding approximately 45 minutes following launch.

The AFSPC-11 mission team is led by the Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center's Launch Systems Enterprise Directorate, located at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California.

The Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center, located at the Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is the U.S. Air Force's center of excellence for acquiring and developing military space systems.

Its portfolio includes the Global Positioning System, military satellite communications, defense meteorological satellites, space launch and range systems, satellite control networks, space based infrared systems, and space situational awareness capabilities.

The launch broadcast can be viewed here


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CBAS Space Vehicle Completes Launch Base Testing
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2018
The Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM, or CBAS, Satellite completed launch base testing March 15 in preparation for the payload's scheduled launch aboard the AFSPC-11 mission. The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to launch the CBAS satellite and the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) Augmented Geosynchronous Laboratory Experiment (EAGLE) satellite on the AFSPC-11 mission aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V EELV from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral ... read more

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