Falcon Air Force Base

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Falcon Air Force Base was a U.S. Air Force installation in Colorado that served as a key hub for space operations and satellite control, later renamed Schriever Space Force Base.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Air Force base
associatedWithProgram Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) satellites
surface form: Defense Satellite Communications System

Defense Support Program
GPS
surface form: Global Positioning System

Milstar communications satellites
surface form: Milstar
branch United States Air Force
controlledBy Air Force Space Command
coordinates approximately 38.8°N 104.5°W
country United States of America
dateRedesignatedAsSchrieverSpaceForceBase 18 December 2019
dateRenamed 5 June 1998
distanceFrom about 10 miles east of Colorado Springs
gainedBy Air Force Space Command
garrison 50th Space Wing
hasFunction missile warning support
satellite control
space operations
space surveillance support
hasMajorCommand Air Force Space Command
hasPrimaryMission support of space control and force enhancement
hasRole key hub for U.S. military space operations
key hub for satellite command and control
hasRunwaySurface concrete
hasTenantUnit 50th Mission Support Group
surface form: 50th Logistics Group

50th Operations Group
50th Mission Support Group
surface form: 50th Support Group
laterServiceBranch United States Space Force bases
surface form: United States Space Force (as Schriever Space Force Base)
locatedIn Colorado
El Paso County, Colorado NERFINISHED
locatedNear Colorado Springs, Colorado NERFINISHED
locatedOn Front Range Urban Corridor
namedAfter nearby community of Falcon, Colorado
operator United States Air Force
partOf Air Force Space Command
renamedAs Schriever Air Force Base NERFINISHED
Schriever Space Force Base NERFINISHED
serviceBranchAtTime United States Air Force
status renamed and redesignated as Space Force installation
successorInstallation Schriever Space Force Base NERFINISHED
timePeriod Cold War
post–Cold War era
usedFor command and control of Department of Defense satellites
support of Defense Satellite Communications System operations
support of Global Positioning System operations
support of Milstar satellite operations
support of space-based missile warning systems

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50th Space Wing reactivatedAt Falcon Air Force Base