From left to right, Congressman Jim Cooper, the U.S. Representative for Tennessee’s 5th congressional district, and Congressman Michael Waltz, the U.S. Representative for Florida’s 6th congressional district, are briefed by U.S. Space Force Col. Miguel Cruz, the Space Delta 4 commander, and USSF Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, the Space Operations Command commander, on the functions of a Defense Support Program satellite on Oct. 13, 2021, in the Mission Control Station lobby on Buckley Space Force Base, Colo. The DSP satellites were first launched and operated in the 1970’s and have continued to provide an uninterrupted space-based early warning capability. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua T. Crossman)