• Source: 5th Expeditionary Space Operations Squadron

    • The 5th Expeditionary Space Operations Squadron is an expeditionary satellite operations unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the Air Force Space Command for activation or inactivation as required.


    History


    The 5th Expeditionary Space Operations Squadron (ESOPS), originally part of the Air Force Satellite Control Facility, was provisionally established as Operating Location-A of the 750th Space Group on 1 October 1992. It was officially activated on 22 November 1993 under the 50th Operations Group. The formation followed the division of the Air Force Satellite Control Facility into the 2nd Space Test Group and the Consolidated Space Test Center (CSTC) on 1 October 1987, coinciding with the Air Force Space Command's acquisition of Onizuka Air Force Base (later Onizuka Air Station).
    In the year it was established, the 5th ESOPS assumed the responsibilities of the 2nd Satellite Tracking Group Operations Division and the 1999th Communications Squadron Operations Division. Following the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Committee's directives, the 21st Space Operations Squadron (SOS) assumed the functions of the 750th Space Group, its subordinate units, and the 5th Space Operations Squadron.
    Shortly after its establishment, the squadron undertook a number of operations, including the launch of a DSCS III and a NATO IV communications satellite, support for the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission, and the deployment of the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) for NASA missions. These missions encompassed the launch of all seven Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS) and three interplanetary spacecraft: Galileo to Jupiter, Magellan to Venus, and Ulysses to the Sun.


    Lineage


    Constituted as the 5th Satellite Control Squadron on 11 April 1989
    Activated on 1 May 1989
    Redesignated as the 5th Space Operations Squadron on 30 January 1992
    Inactivated on 31 July 1992
    Activated on 22 November 1993
    Inactivated on 13 June 2000
    Redesignated as the 5th Expeditionary Space Operations Squadron and converted to provisional status on 5 December 2007


    = Assignments

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    1000th Satellite Operations Group, 1 May 1989 – 31 July 1992
    50th Operations Group, 22 November 1993 – 13 June 2000
    Air Force Space Command to activate or inactivate at any time after 5 December 2007


    Locations


    Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, 1 May 1989 – 31 July 1992
    Onizuka Air Force Station, California, 22 November 1993 – 13 June 2000


    Satellites operated


    Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (1989 - 1992)
    Defense Satellite Communications System III (1993–1995)
    NATO III (1993–1995)
    SkyNet IV (1993–1995)
    Inertial Upper Stage (1993–1995)
    Tracking and Data Relay Satellite


    References




    = Notes

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    = Bibliography

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    This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

    Endicott, Judy G. (1998). Active Air Force Wings as of 1 October 1995 and USAF Active Flying, Space, and Missile Squadrons as of 1 October 1995 (PDF). Air Force History and Museums Program. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ASIN B000113MB2. Retrieved 2 July 2014.


    External links


    Onizuka AFS Chronology
    21SOPS Fact Sheet
    Globalsecurity.org 5SOPS page

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