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Ellison Onizuka Satellite Operations Facility

USA / California / Vandenberg Air Force Base /
 United States Air Force, satellite/space tracking station

21 SOPS HQ relocated from Onizuka AFB, CA by BRAC.
The 21st SOPS schedules, allocates and configures Air Force Satellite Control Network common user resources; monitors, maintains and updates the status of AFSCN resources; and provides status, configurations and readiness of controlled resources to multiple users and command centers.

The namesake of the 21st SOPS' new home, Col. Ellison Onizuka, was an astronaut who died aboard Space Shuttle Challenger Jan. 28, 1986.

www.vandenberg.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123215824

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6KHPrSkcvI
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Coordinates:   34°44'8"N   120°32'51"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago