Space Systems Command
Space Systems Command is the United States Space Force's space development, acquisition, launch, and logistics field command. It is headquartered at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, and manages the United States' space launch ranges.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Government office
- Description: U.S. Space Force field command located at Los Angeles Air Force Base in California
- Also known as: “AFBMD”, “Air Force Ballistic Missile Division”, “SAMSO”, “SMC”, “Space & Missile Systems Center”, “Space & Missile Systems Organization”, “Space and Missile Systems Center”, “Space and Missile Systems Organization”, “Space Division”, “Space Systems Division”, “SSC”, “SSD”, “WDD”, and “Western Development Division”
- Address: Los Angeles
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include El Segundo station and Mariposa station.
El Segundo station
Railway station
Photo: METRO96, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Segundo station is an elevated light rail station on the K Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located over El Segundo Boulevard, after which the station is named, near its intersection with Nash Street in El Segundo, California. El Segundo station is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Space Systems Command.
Mariposa station
Railway station
Photo: METRO96, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mariposa station is an elevated light rail station on the K Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located over Mariposa Avenue, after which the station is named, alongside Nash Street in El Segundo, California. Mariposa station is situated 2,500 feet northwest of Space Systems Command.
Aviation/Imperial station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Aviation/Imperial station is an elevated light rail station on the C Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located over Aviation Boulevard, after which the station is named, near its intersection with Imperial Highway and south of Interstate 105 in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles, California and immediately adjacent to the Del Aire neighborhood. Aviation/Imperial station is situated 4,000 feet north of Space Systems Command.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Del Aire and Lennox.
Del Aire
Suburb
Del Aire is an unincorporated community and census designated place in the inland South Bay, Los Angeles County, California, United States, between El Segundo and Hawthorne.
Lennox
Suburb
Photo: Calderoliver, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lennox is a census-designated place in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 20,323 at the 2020 census, down from 22,753 at the 2010 census. Lennox is situated 2 miles northeast of Space Systems Command.
El Segundo
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
El Segundo is one of the oldest cities in the Los Angeles area. El Segundo lies along the Pacific Ocean, just south of Los Angeles International Airport in the South Bay of Los Angeles.
Space Systems Command
- Categories: field command, building, office, and government building
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.91904° or 33° 55′ 9″ northLongitude
-118.38116° or 118° 22′ 52″ westElevation
177 feet (54 metres)Height
75 feet (23 metres)Open location code
8553WJ99+JGOpenStreetMap ID
way 256991337OpenStreetMap feature
building=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
office=governmentWikidata ID
Q2306400
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Slovenian—“Space Systems Command” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Space and Missile Systems Center”
- Chinese: “太空导弹系统中心”
- Chinese: “太空導彈系統中心”
- Chinese: “太空系統指揮部”
- Chinese: “空間導彈系統中心”
- Chinese: “空間飛彈系統中心”
- Chinese: “空间导弹系统中心”
- Dutch: “Space Systems Command”
- German: “Space Systems Command”
- Hebrew: “פיקוד מערכות החלל”
- Hebrew: “פיקוד מערכת החלל”
- Irish: “Space Systems Command”
- Italian: “Space and Missile Systems Center”
- Japanese: “アメリカ空軍宇宙・ミサイルシステムセンター”
- Japanese: “宇宙ミサイルシステムセンター”
- Persian: “فرماندهی سیستمهای فضایی”
- Slovenian: “Poveljstvo vesoljskih sistemov”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Los Angeles Air Force Base and Space and Missile Systems Center Heritage Center.
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