The 2nd Space Warning Squadron (2 SWS), located at Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado, is a unit of the United States Space Force under Space Delta 4. As a missile warning squadron, its mission is to deliver global space-based missile warnings and battlespace awareness to U.S. and allied forces by operating the Defense Support Program (DSP) and Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite constellations. These satellites detect missile launches, space launches, and nuclear detonations using infrared sensors, providing critical early warning data to the President, Secretary of Defense, combatant commanders, intelligence agencies, and global warfighters.
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The 2nd Space Warning Squadron operates SBIRS as part of its mission to defend and deliver trusted, persistent, space-based global missile warning and battlespace awareness in support of U.S. and allied forces.
Space Delta 4’s 2nd Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado is operating SBIRS GEO-6 and all systems are performing nominally.
Space Force operators at the 2nd Space Warning Squadron, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado, detected the January 2020 launches and provided early warning for personnel at Ayn al Asad Airbase, Iraq.
Space Delta 2’s 2d Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado operates SBIRS GEO-5.