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Space Ops

Air Force Col. Laurel Walsh, 50th Operations Group commander, and Airman 1st Class Michael McCowan, a 2nd Space Operations Squadron satellite systems operator and mission planner, give the final command to decommission Satellite Vehicle Number-36 at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., Jan. 27, 2020. SVN-36 was launched March 10, 1994, and exceeded its design life of approximately seven years.

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