SSC Forms Defensive Cyber Squadrons For Launch Ranges

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A Falcon 9 rocket carrying Northrop Grumman’s CRS NG-23 mission successfully launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Sept. 14, 2025.

Credit: U.S. Space Force photo by Gwendolyn Kurzen
The U.S. Space Force has stood up two cyber defense squadrons focused on protecting the nation’s launch ranges from real-time attacks, the service’s Space Systems Command (SSC) announced March 23. The 630 Cyberspace Squadron (CYS) was activated on March 10 under Space Launch Delta 30 at Vandenberg...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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