The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program is managed by the Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. Command and control is provided by a joint-operational team at ...

The piece of evidence that confirmed this caused the 'polar rain' aurora was that the DMSP satellites only saw it over the North Pole, which during winter in the Northern Hemisphere is tilted ...

A decommissioned U.S. military satellite, the DMSP-5D2 F14, recently broke apart in Earth’s orbit, scattering over 50 pieces of debris. Both the United States Space Force (USSF) and private ...

SEE ALSO: Freakishly mild Arctic winter leads to lowest winter sea ice cover on record The troubles concern a sensor on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F17 satellite ...