Military Space Program Guide

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THE CAPE

Military Space Operations

1971-1992

by Mark C. Cleary

45th Space Wing
History Office

Table of Contents

Preface

 

Chapter I -USAF Space Organizations and Programs

Section 1 - Air Force Systems Command and Subordinate Space Agencies at Cape Canaveral

Section 2 - The Creation of Air Force Space Command and Transfer of Air Force Space Resources

Section 3 - Defense Department Involvement in the Space Shuttle

Section 4 - Air Force Space Launch Vehicles: SCOUT, THOR, ATLAS and TITAN

Section 5 - Early Space Shuttle Flights

Section 6 - Origins of the TITAN IV Program

Section 7 - Development of the ATLAS II and DELTA II Launch Vehicles and the TITAN IV/CENTAUR Upper Stage

Section 8 - Space Shuttle Support of Military Payloads

Section 9 - U.S. and Soviet Military Space Competition in the 1970s and 1980s

 

Chapter II - TITAN and Shuttle Military Space Operations

Section 1 - 6555th Aerospace Test Group Responsibilities

Section 2 - Launch Squadron Supervision of Military Space Operations in the 1990s

Section 3 - TITAN IV Launch Contractors and Eastern Range Support Contractors

Section 4 - Quality Assurance and Payload Processing Agencies

Section 5 - TITAN IIIC Military Space Missions after 1970

Section 6 - TITAN 34D Military Space Operations and Facilities at the Cape

Section 7 - TITAN IV Program Activation and Completion of the TITAN 34D Program

Section 8 - TITAN IV Operations after First Launch

Section 9 - Space Shuttle Military Missions

 

Chapter III - Medium and Light Military Space Operations

Section 1 - Medium Launch Vehicle and Payload Operations

Section 2 - Evolution of the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System and Development of the DELTA II

Section 3 - DELTA II Processing and Flight Features

Section 4 - NAVSTAR II Global Positioning System Missions

Section 5 - Strategic Defense Initiative Missions and the NATO IVA Mission

Section 6 - ATLAS/CENTAUR Missions at the Cape

Section 7 - Modification of Cape Facilities for ATLAS II/CENTAUR Operations

Section 8 - ATLAS II/CENTAUR Missions

Section 9 - STARBIRD and RED TIGRESS Operations

Section 10 - U.S. Air Force and NASA Leadership in Space

 

Chapter IV - Future Space Operations

Section 1 - The National Space Transportation and Support Study

Section 2 - The Space Transportation Architecture Study and Advanced Launch System (ALS) Studies

Section 3 - The ESMC 2005 Study and Prospects for the Current Generation of Unmanned Space Launch Vehicles

This monograph was prepared by the 45th Space Wing Historian, Mr. Mark C. Cleary. If you have any questions or comments please direct them to him at 45 SW/HO, 1201 Minuteman St, Patrick AFB, 32925.