1st Expeditionary Space Control Squadron

1st Expeditionary Space Control Squadron
The squadron guidon is furled during its inactivation ceremony, 9 June 2008
Active	1989-2008
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Space Control
Part of	Air Force Space Command
Motto(s)	Vigilance Over Space
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[1]
Commanders
Notable commanders	B. Chance Saltzman
Insignia
1st Expeditionary Space Control Squadron emblem (approved 15 November 1994)[1]

The United States Air Force's 1st Expeditionary Space Control Squadron is a provisional squadron attached to the 21st Space Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

Before conversion to provisional status, the 1st Space Control Squadron' was a space situational awareness unit last located at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The squadron commanded the United States Space Surveillance Network to detect, track, identify and catalog positional data for all human-made objects in Earth orbit. The squadron was established in 1989 as the 1st Command and Control Squadron at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Base, Colorado. It was inactivated in 2008 and its personnel and equipment were integrated into the 614th Air and Space Operations Center.^{[citation needed]}