As part of the United States Air Force, the squadron was described, in 2008, as "AFSPC's premier organization for space-based demonstrations, pathfinders and experiments.

The unit identifies concepts of employment, training, education and technical skill sets required to field selected future AFSPC missions.

The unit's Deep Space Tracking System obtained initial operating capability in April 1994.

More than 9,500 man-made objects orbit the Earth, ranging in size from a baseball to the Mir space station.

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