Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado

Satellite ground station operated by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office

Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado

Country	United States
Branch	United States Space Force
Type	Satellite ground station
Part of	National Reconnaissance Office
Headquarters	Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado, U.S.
Commanders
Current commander	Col Robert J. Schreiner
Insignia
Space Delta 20

Military unit

Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado (ADF-C) or Space Delta 20 (DEL 20) one of three satellite ground stations operated by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and United States Space Force in the continental United States.^[1] Located within Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, Colorado, the facility is responsible for the command and control of reconnaissance satellites involved in the collection of intelligence information and for the dissemination of that intelligence to other U.S. government agencies.^[2]^[3]

List of commanders

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Col Cary C. Chun, July 2005–August 2007
Col David D. Thompson, July 2007–May 2009
Col Stephen Denker, July 2009–January 2011
Col Ronald L. Huntley, January 2011–August 2012^[4]
Col B. Chance Saltzman, June 2012–June 2014
Col Daniel D. Wright III
Brig Gen Christopher Povak, June 2016–August 2019
Col Jacob Middleton Jr., 29 August 2019^[5]^[6]
Col Robert J. Schreiner, 12 August 2021^[7]

References

^ "Space Force to Take on the Army's Missile Warning Ground Stations in October". 7 March 2023.
^ "National Reconnaissance Office, Mission Ground Station Declassification, Questions and Answers" (PDF).
^ "Major Tenant Organizations". Buckley Air Force Base. July 8, 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "BRIGADIER GENERAL RONALD L. HUNTLEY". www.af.mil.
^ "ADF-Colorado hails Middleton, farewells Brig.Gen. Povak". National Reconnaissance Office.
^ "COLONEL JACOB MIDDLETON > Schriever Air Force Base > Display". www.schriever.af.mil. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ "Schreiner takes command of ADF Colorado".

United States Space Force

Leadership

Oversight	House Armed Services Committee Strategic Forces subcommittee Senate Committee on Armed Services Strategic Forces subcommittee

Structure

Field commands	Space Futures Command Space Operations Command Commander Space Systems Command Commander Space Training and Readiness Command Commander
Component Field Commands	United States Space Forces Central United States Space Forces Europe and Africa United States Space Forces Indo-Pacific United States Space Forces Korea United States Space Forces – Space
Deltas	Space Delta 1 Space Delta 2 Space Delta 3 Space Delta 4 Space Delta 5 Space Delta 6 Space Delta 7 Space Delta 8 Space Delta 9 Space Delta 10 Space Delta 11 Space Delta 12 Space Delta 13 Space Delta 15 Space Delta 18 Space Delta 21 Space Delta 23 Space Delta 26 Space Launch Delta 30 Space Launch Delta 45 PNT IMD (P) Space Base Delta 1 Space Base Delta 2 Space Base Delta 3
Squadrons	1st Delta Operations 319th Combat Training 328th Weapons 392d Combat Training 533rd Training 21st Operations Support 15th Space Surveillance 18th Space Defense 19th Space Defense 20th Space Surveillance 3rd Combat Training 4th EW 5th EW 16th EW 23rd EW 2nd Space Warning 3rd satellite Communications 5th Space Warning 6th Space Warning 7th Space Warning 10th Space Warning 11th Space Warning 12th Space Warning 13th Space Warning 55th Combat Training 21st Space Operations 22nd Space Operations 23rd Space Operations 62nd Cyberspace 63rd Cyberspace 64th Cyberspace 65th Cyberspace 68th Cyberspace 69th Cyberspace 645th Cyberspace 71st ISR 72nd ISR 73rd ISR 74th ISR 75th ISR 76th ISR 1st Space Operations 2nd Space Operations 3rd Space Operations 4th Space Operations 10th Space Operations 53rd Space Operations 527th Space Aggressor 1st Test and Evaluation 3rd Test and Evaluation 17th Test and Evaluation 25th Space Range 2nd Space Launch 5th Space Launch 1st Range Operations NSSI
Direct reporting units	Space Development Agency Space Rapid Capabilities Office Space Warfighting Analysis Center

Locations

Space Force Bases	Buckley Los Angeles Patrick Peterson Schriever Vandenberg
Space Bases	Pituffik (Greenland)
Space Force Stations	Cape Canaveral Cape Cod Cavalier Cheyenne Mountain Clear Kaena Point New Boston