Space Development and Test Wing

<h2 id="mission">Mission</h2>
<p>The Space Development and Test Directorate develops, tests and evaluates Air Force space systems, executes advanced space development and demonstration projects, and rapidly transitions capabilities to the warfighter.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>The Space Development and Test Wing was activated 1 August 2006. Prior to that, Detachment 12 of the <a href="/facts/Space_and_Missile_Systems_Center/QneUkqj6">Space and Missile Systems Center</a> had been activated at Kirtland AFB 29 June 2001, taking responsibility for research, developmental test and evaluation organizations that had been co-located at Kirtland AFB alongside the <a href="/facts/Air_Force_Research_Laboratory/QGBMMKKa">Air Force Research Laboratory</a> Space Vehicles and Directed Energy Directorates.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<ul><li>Lineage
<ul><li>Detachment 2, <a href="/facts/Space_and_Missile_Systems_Center/QneUkqj6">Space and Missile Systems Center</a>, Onizuka AS, CA</li>
<li>SMC, Test and Evaluation Directorate, Kirtland AFB, NM</li>
<li>Detachment 12, <a href="/facts/Space_and_Missile_Systems_Center/QneUkqj6">Space and Missile Systems Center</a>, Kirtland AFB, NM (activated 29 June 2001)</li>
<li>Space Development and Test Wing, Kirtland AFB, NM (activated 1 Aug 2006)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Advanced_Systems_and_Development_Directorate/a8T2eRpM">Advanced Systems and Development Directorate</a>, Kirtland AFB, NM<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li></ul></li>
<li>Past Directors and Commanders
<ul><li>Craig Martin, Colonel, USAF (retired)</li>
<li>James Ford, Colonel, USAF (retired)</li>
<li>Ralph Monfort, Colonel, USAF (retired)</li></ul></li></ul>
<h2 id="operations">Operations</h2>

<h2 id="units">Units</h2>
<p>The Space Development and Test Wing is divided into two <a href="/facts/Group_(air_force_unit)/C3XWoLD0">Groups</a>, the Space Development Group and the Space Test Group.
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<ul><li>Space Development Group
<ul><li>Responsive Space Squadron</li>
<li>Responsive Satellite Command and Control Division</li>
<li>Human Spaceflight Payloads Division  - Houston, TX</li></ul></li>
<li>Space Test Group
<ul><li>Space Test Squadron
<ul><li>SOC 96 - Schriever AFB</li>
<li>SOC 97 - Kirtland AFB</li></ul></li>
<li>Space Test Operations Squadron</li>
<li>Launch Test Squadron</li></ul></li></ul>

<p> This article incorporates <a href="/facts/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States/Q1jvr96g">public domain material</a> from the <a href="http://www.kirtland.af.mil">United States Air Force</a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Space_Test_Program/2El3p9sv">Space Test Program</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Space_and_Missile_Systems_Center/QneUkqj6">Space and Missile Systems Center</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/C%2fNOFS/PHuhak1f">C/NOFS</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/STP-S26/3j8AaMDd">STP-S26</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20031118173055/http://www.spacearchive.info/vafbsked.htm">Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"SMC stands up new Advanced Systems and Development Directorate", 24 Nov 2014. https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/554895/smc-stands-up-new-advanced-systems-and-development-directorate/ <a href="https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/554895/smc-stands-up-new-advanced-systems-and-development-directorate/" target="_blank">https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/554895/smc-stands-up-new-advanced-systems-and-development-directorate/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Fact Sheets : Space Development and Test Wing : Space Development and Test Wing". www.kirtland.af.mil. Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070813170054/http://www.kirtland.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=6881" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070813170054/http://www.kirtland.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=6881</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>US Air Force. "Space Development and Test Wing Fact Sheet". SMC. Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070813170054/http://www.kirtland.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=6881" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070813170054/http://www.kirtland.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=6881</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"SMC stands up new Advanced Systems and Development Directorate", 24 Nov 2014. https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/554895/smc-stands-up-new-advanced-systems-and-development-directorate/ <a href="https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/554895/smc-stands-up-new-advanced-systems-and-development-directorate/" target="_blank">https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/554895/smc-stands-up-new-advanced-systems-and-development-directorate/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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