1st Range Operations Squadron

U.S. Space Force unit

1st Range Operations Squadron
1 ROPS emblem
Active	1 December 2003–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Space Force
Type	Squadron
Role	Space launch
Part of	Space Launch Delta 45
Headquarters	Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, U.S.
Commanders
Notable commanders	James E. Smith
Insignia
Former 1st Range Operations Squadron emblem

Military unit

The 1st Range Operations Squadron (1 ROPS) is a United States Space Force unit responsible for executing real-time command and control of the Eastern Range in support of spacelift operations, ballistic missile test and evaluation, and aeronautical test and evaluation. It is under Space Launch Delta 45 and headquartered at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida. It was activated on 1 December 2003.^[1]

List of commanders

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2023)

Lt Col James E. Smith, August 2012 – May 2014
Lt Col Mark J. Faulstich, 2 May 2016 – May 2016^[2]
Lt Col Monique DeLauter, 23 May 2016 – June 2018^[3]
Lt Col Gregory Vice, 14 June 2018 - 2020^[4]
Lt Col Brian Eno, July 2020 - June 2022^[5]
Lt Col Colin Mims, June 2022 – present ^[6]

References

^ https://ww38.usafunithistory.com/PDF/1-4/1%20RANGE%20OPERATIONS%20SQ.pdf
^ "Faulstich Selected Commander of 1st Range Operations Squadron - WTCA". 6 May 2014.
^ "1st ROPS change of command". 23 May 2016.
^ "45th Space Wing welcomes new OSS and 1ROPS commander". 14 June 2018.
^ "Space Force's new delta organizations will help the service keep up with growing launch cadence". 16 June 2021.
^ "Military officials forecast 87 launches from Florida's Space Coast in 2023". 2 January 2023.

External links

Media related to 1st Range Operations Squadron at Wikimedia Commons

United States Space Force

Leadership

Oversight	House Armed Services Committee Strategic Forces subcommittee Senate Committee on Armed Services Strategic Forces subcommittee

Structure

Field commands	Space Futures Command Space Operations Command Commander Space Systems Command Commander Space Training and Readiness Command Commander
Component Field Commands	United States Space Forces Central United States Space Forces Europe and Africa United States Space Forces Indo-Pacific United States Space Forces Korea United States Space Forces – Space
Deltas	Space Delta 1 Space Delta 2 Space Delta 3 Space Delta 4 Space Delta 5 Space Delta 6 Space Delta 7 Space Delta 8 Space Delta 9 Space Delta 10 Space Delta 11 Space Delta 12 Space Delta 13 Space Delta 15 Space Delta 18 Space Delta 21 Space Delta 23 Space Delta 26 Space Launch Delta 30 Space Launch Delta 45 PNT IMD (P) Space Base Delta 1 Space Base Delta 2 Space Base Delta 3
Squadrons	1st Delta Operations 319th Combat Training 328th Weapons 392d Combat Training 533rd Training 21st Operations Support 15th Space Surveillance 18th Space Defense 19th Space Defense 20th Space Surveillance 3rd Combat Training 4th EW 5th EW 16th EW 23rd EW 2nd Space Warning 3rd satellite Communications 5th Space Warning 6th Space Warning 7th Space Warning 10th Space Warning 11th Space Warning 12th Space Warning 13th Space Warning 55th Combat Training 21st Space Operations 22nd Space Operations 23rd Space Operations 62nd Cyberspace 63rd Cyberspace 64th Cyberspace 65th Cyberspace 68th Cyberspace 69th Cyberspace 645th Cyberspace 71st ISR 72nd ISR 73rd ISR 74th ISR 75th ISR 76th ISR 1st Space Operations 2nd Space Operations 3rd Space Operations 4th Space Operations 10th Space Operations 53rd Space Operations 527th Space Aggressor 1st Test and Evaluation 3rd Test and Evaluation 17th Test and Evaluation 25th Space Range 2nd Space Launch 5th Space Launch 1st Range Operations NSSI
Direct reporting units	Space Development Agency Space Rapid Capabilities Office Space Warfighting Analysis Center

Locations

Space Force Bases	Buckley Los Angeles Patrick Peterson Schriever Vandenberg
Space Bases	Pituffik (Greenland)
Space Force Stations	Cape Canaveral Cape Cod Cavalier Cheyenne Mountain Clear Kaena Point New Boston