Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado (ADF-C) or Space Delta 20 (DEL 20) one of three satellite ground stations operated by the

National Reconnaissance Office The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is a member of the United States Intelligence Community and an agency of the United States Department of Defense which designs, builds, launches, and operates the reconnaissance satellites of the U.S. f ...

(NRO) and

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in the

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. Located within

Buckley Space Force Base Buckley Space Force Base is a United States Space Force base in Aurora, Colorado named after United States Army Air Service First lieutenant, First Lieutenant John Harold Buckley. The base is run by Space Base Delta 2, with major units includin ...

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, the facility is responsible for the command and control of

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s involved in the collection of intelligence information and for the dissemination of that intelligence to other U.S. government agencies.

List of commanders

*Col Cary C. Chun, July 2005–August 2007 *Col David D. Thompson, July 2007–May 2009 *Col Stephen Denker, July 2009–January 2011 *Col Ronald L. Huntley, 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 *Brig Gen Robert J. Schreiner, 12 August 2021 *Col David E. Gallagher, July 2024

References

External links

* https://www.nsa.gov/about/locations {{coord, 39.701667, -104.751667, type:_region:, display=title National Reconnaissance Office Deltas of the United States Space Force Buildings and structures in Arapahoe County, Colorado National Security Agency facilities

List of commanders

See also

References

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