AF Reserve space squadron assumes control over nation's weather satellites

Air Force Reserve Capt. Jason Danieli (left) reviews upload instructions for a weather satellite as fellow 6th Space Operations Squadron members organize data instruction uploads for other satellites April 3, 2014 at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. The squadron's satellite vehicle operators assumed command of the nation's Defense Meteorological Satellite Program weather satellites from their National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration counterparts as the nation's newest weather satellite lifted into orbit aboard an Atlas V rocket at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The squadron will oversee all weather satellite operations until April 8. Danieli is a satellite vehicle operator with the 6th SOPS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Stephen J. Collier)

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AF Reserve space squadron assumes control over nation's weather satellites

Air Force Reserve Senior Airman Anne-Marie Mandrell, 6th Space Operations Squadron, reviews the day's coding instructions for a weather satellite April 3, 2014 at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. The squadron's satellite vehicle operators assumed command of the nation's Defense Meteorological Satellite Program weather satellites from their National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration counterparts as the nation's newest weather satellite lifted into orbit aboard an Atlas V rocket at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The squadron will oversee all weather satellite operations until April 8. Mandrell is a 6th SOPS satellite vehicle operator. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Stephen J. Collier)

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AF Reserve space squadron assumes control over nation's weather satellites

Air Force Reserve Tech. Sgt. David Hodge (center) provides his fellow 6th Space Operations Squadron members with a crew in-brief April 3, 2014 at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. The squadron's satellite vehicle operators assumed command of the nation's Defense Meteorological Satellite Program weather satellites from their National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration counterparts as the nation's newest weather satellite lifted into orbit aboard an Atlas V rocket at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The squadron will oversee all weather satellite operations until April 8. Hodge is the squadron’s standardization and evaluation non-commissioned officer in charge. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Stephen J. Collier)

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AF Reserve space squadron assumes control over nation's weather satellites

Published April 4, 2014
By Tech. Sgt. Stephen J. Collier
310th Space Wing Public Affairs

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Satellite vehicle operators assigned to the Air Force Reserve's 6th Space Operations Squadron set a new milestone April 3, 2014 here.

The squadron assumed command of the nation's Defense Meteorological Satellite Program weather satellites from their National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration counterparts as the nation's newest weather satellite lifted into orbit aboard an Atlas V rocket at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The squadron will oversee all weather satellite operations until April 8.

Stay with the 310th Space Wing website for more on this news during the April 2014 Unit Training Assembly weekend.