{"id":35252,"date":"2017-11-27T21:06:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T21:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/27\/air-force-says-goodbye-to-experimental-satellite\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:27:11","slug":"air-force-says-goodbye-to-experimental-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/c2-comms\/satellites\/2017\/11\/27\/air-force-says-goodbye-to-experimental-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force says goodbye to experimental satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 45th Space Wing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrick.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/1378964\/3rd-ses-bids-farewell-to-angels-satellite\/utm_content\/buffer257a6\/utm_medium\/social\/utm_campaign\/buffer\/?utm_source=linkedin.com\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\">announced that it has decommissioned an experimental Air Force satellite<\/a> that was used to evaluate space-based threats and to expand techniques used to maneuver closer to specific objects on orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Termination of the Automated Navigation and Guidance Experiment for Local Space (ANGELS) satellite came as a result of a lack of resources necessary to extend the project\u2019s lifespan beyond the experimentation phase. The project was operated by the 3rd Space Experimentation Squadron (3rd SES) at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Joel Mozer, who had ANGELS\u2019 control authority during the project\u2019s beginnings and is Air Force Space Command\u2019s acting chief scientist and technical advisor, gave the final command for ANGELS\u2019 decommission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>According to a 2014 Air Force\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirtland.af.mil\/Portals\/52\/documents\/AFD-131204-039.pdf?ver=2016-06-28-105617-297\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" data-original-title=\"\" aria-describedby=\"popover970376\">fact sheet<\/a> for the project, ANGELS was designed to \u201cimprove methods for monitoring an increasingly contested space environment\u201d via \u201csafe-automated spacecraft operations above Geosynchronous Earth Orbit.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To do this, ANGELS was to asses potential 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