Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado (ADF-C) is one of three
satellite ground stations operated by the
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in the
continental United States. Located within
Buckley Space Force Base in
Aurora,
Colorado, the facility is responsible for the command and control of
reconnaissance satellite
A reconnaissance satellite or intelligence satellite (commonly, although unofficially, referred to as a spy satellite) is an Earth observation satellite or communications satellite deployed for military or intelligence applications.
The ...
s involved in the collection of intelligence information and for the dissemination of that intelligence to other U.S. government agencies.
The
National Security Agency (NSA)
Central Security Service (CSS) Colorado Cryptologic Center (CCC) is co-located with ADF-C and employs around 850 NSA personnel.
List of commanders
*Col
Cary C. Chun
Brigadier General Cary C. Chun (born August 23, 1963) is a retired senior officer of the United States Air Force. He served as the Deputy Commander, Operations and Interagency Integration, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, United ...
, July 2005–August 2007
*Col
David D. Thompson, July 2007–May 2009
*Col
Stephen Denker
Stephen T. Denker is a retired United States Air Force major general who now is a vice president at Lockheed Martin. In the U.S. Air Force, he last served as the deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office
The National Reconnaissa ...
, July 2009–January 2011
*Col
Ronald L. Huntley
Ronald L. Huntley is a retired United States Air Force brigadier general. He has been the vice president for national security space at Peraton
Peraton Inc. is a privately held American national security and technology company formed in 2017, ...
, January 2011–August 2012
*Col
B. Chance Saltzman, June 2012–June 2014
*Col
Daniel D. Wright III
*Brig Gen
Christopher Povak, June 2016–August 2019
*Col Jacob Middleton Jr., 29 August 2019
*Col Robert J. Schreiner, 12 August 2021
See also
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Aerospace Data Facility-East
Aerospace Data Facility-East (ADF-E), also known as Area 58 and formerly known as Defense Communications Electronics Evaluation and Testing Activity (DCEETA), is one of three satellite ground stations operated by the National Reconnaissance Offi ...
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Aerospace Data Facility-Southwest
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Pine Gap
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RAF Menwith Hill
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European Cryptologic Center
The Dagger Complex is a US military base in Darmstadt (Germany), close to Griesheim and located at the ''Eberstädter Weg'', south of the August-Euler-Airfield.
The complex is under US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) command o ...
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Georgia Cryptologic Center The Georgia Cryptologic Center (GCC) or NSA Georgia, codenamed "Sweet Tea", is a U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) Central Security Service (CSS) facility located within Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia. The facility opened on March 5, 2012 at a ...
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Hawaii Cryptologic Center
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Texas Cryptologic Center
The NSA/CSS Texas Cryptologic Center (TCC), also known as the Texas Cryptology Center, Texas Cryptographic Center or NSA Texas, is a satellite campus at the Medina Annex, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, operated by the U.S. Nati ...
References
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National Reconnaissance Office
Buildings and structures in Arapahoe County, Colorado
National Security Agency facilities