Air Force Satellite Control Network - Locations

Locations

• Schriever AFB, Colorado – Primary C2 Node
• Ellison Onizuka Satellite Operations Facility (EOSOF) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California – Secondary C2 Node.

The AFSCN maintains a number of tracking stations, which are used to track (primarily) US government agency & military satellites, as well as receive and process telemetry and send commands to these satellites. Said facilities are intended to support all Department of Defense satellites. Most tracking stations are operated by operational detachments of the 21st Space Operations Squadron (21 SOPS) and 23d Space Operations Squadron. Many scientific and research satellites are supported as well.