Space Systems Command

Article summary

Space Systems Command (SSC) 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. Air Research and Development Command was redesignated as Air Force Systems Command in 1961. As part of that reorganization, the Space Systems Division (SSD) was established on 20 Mar 1961 and organized (activated) on 1 Apr 1961. In 1967, the Space Systems Division was reorganized as the Space and Missile Systems Organization (SAMSO), absorbing the Ballistic Systems Division's mission. In 1979, the Space and Missile Systems Organization was renamed the Space Division and divested itself of ballistic missile development. In 1989, the Space Division returned to its historic name of the Space Systems Division and regained its ballistic missile development role in 1990. With the merger of Air Force Systems Command and Air Force Logistics Command in 1992, the Space Systems Division was redesignated the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). In 2001 the SMC was reassigned to Air Force Space Command, remaining attached through its redesignation as Space Operations Command in October 2020. On 22 April 2021, it changed status from a U.S. Air Force unit to a U.S.…

Key claims

1. date of establishment: 1961 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of establishment: 2019-12-20 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of establishment: 1979 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. date of establishment: 1992 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. date of establishment: 1954 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. date of establishment: 1962-07-05 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
7. date of formation: 1979 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1961". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of establishment is "2019-12-20". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of establishment is "1979". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the date of establishment is "1992". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the date of establishment is "1954". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. The record states that the date of establishment is "1962-07-05". What evidence would count against this claim?
8. The record states that the date of formation is "1979". What evidence would count against this claim?
9. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
10. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378398971