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.

List of commanders

Lt Col James E. Smith, August 2012 – May 2014

Lt Col Mark J. Faulstich, 2 May 2016 – May 2016

Lt Col Monique DeLauter, 23 May 2016 – June 2018

Lt Col Gregory Vice, 14 June 2018 - 2020

Lt Col Brian Eno, July 2020 - June 2022

Lt Col Darin J. Lister, 8 June 2023 – present

See also

Space Launch Delta 45

References

External links

Military education and training in the United States

Squadrons of the United States Space Force

1st Range Operations Squadron