USSF retires DSP constellation, prepares for Next-Gen OPIR > United States Space Command > Article Display
BUCKLEY SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – During U.S. Space Command’s Apollo Maneuvers 2026 live-fly exercise in Sept. 2026, Combat Forces Command’s 2nd Space Warning Squadron demonstrated dynamic on-orbit maneuvers with two Defense Support Program satellites ahead of a planned system decommissioning into supersynchronous orbit. The DSP constellation, initially launched in the early 1970s, served as











