http://www.peterson.af.mil/hqafspc/News/News_asp/nws_tmp.asp?storyid=04-200 Story ID 04-200 October 08, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Navy transfers space surveillance mission to AFSPC's 20th Space Control Squadron Air Force Space Command News Service Naval Network and Space Operations Command DAHLGREN, Va. – The Navy transferred operation of the former Naval Space Surveillance System, the nation’s oldest sensor built to track satellites and debris in orbit around the Earth, to the Air Force during formal ceremonies here Oct. 1. The Secretary of Defense directed the Navy to transfer program management of the system to the Air Force beginning in October 2003. The Air Force requested that the Navy continue to operate the space surveillance sensor, also known as the “Fence,” through fiscal year 2004. The newly created 20th Space Control Squadron Detachment 1 assumes operation of the Fence from the Naval Network and Space Operations Command. [much snipped] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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