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A New Era for U.S. Space Force’s
Space and Missile Systems Center
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle clears the lightning towers around Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station after lifting off at 12:09 p.m. EDT (9:09 am. PDT) June 17, carrying
the fifth Lockheed Martin-built Global Positioning Systems (GPS) III Space Vehicle (SV05) for the U.S. Space Force. For story, see yellow box below. Photo courtesy SpaceX.
Amber Meshack Connects the
South Bay Community to LAX
SMC and Its Mission Partners
Successfully Launch Fifth GPS III Satellite
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and
Missile Systems Center and its mission
partners successfully launched the fifth
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) III
Space Vehicle at 12:09 p.m. EDT (9:09
am. PDT) June 17 from Space Launch
Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space
Force Station.
The Lockheed Martin-built satellite
was carried to orbit aboard a Space Exploration
Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)
Falcon 9 launch vehicle, previously used
in a GPS launch last November, marking
the first National Security Space Launch
to use a reusable booster. The GPSIII
reuse/recovery missions are saving the
government a total of $64.5 million.
“The launch of GPS III SV05 is a
testament to SMC’s ability to rapidly and
safely deliver new capabilities on orbit.
This successful launch occurred just seven
months after SV04 and the team worked
concurrent operations between both SVs
during the dynamic situation presented by
COVID-19,” said Mr. Cordell DeLaPena,
Jr., USSF program executive officer for
SMC’s Space Production Corps. “At SMC,
we are proud to deliver our fifth GPS III
satellite and will continue to operate at
an accelerated pace to meet the demands
of our users.”
GPS III SV05 is the 24th Military Code
(M-Code) satellite to join the current GPS
constellation comprised of 31-operational
spacecraft, the last required for M-Code
By Kiersten Vannest
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
is the fourth busiest airport in the world.
Second only to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport, LAX is the busiest
airport in the United States. Since its inception
in 1928, LAX has evolved and grown
to become California’s travel hub, a gateway
into Los Angeles.
All of this growth and innovation in the
runways, terminals, and renovations can
only happen with a strong and robust team
to keep the wheels turning. Keeping the
hiring process evolving as the airport does
is Amber Meshack, Director of Business,
Jobs, and Social Responsibility. Amber
heads up a division that aims to be a model
for other airports around the world, leading
new programs aimed at diversity, equity,
and inclusion.
“We take our commitment to our neighbors
seriously with respect to the social responsibility
side,” she says, “The consideration
of power and how our operations economically
impact those around us is really what
my job entails.”
This means ensuring fair hiring processes,
developing training programs, and writing
contracts that encourage the employment of
small local businesses. In addition, Meshack
has created a program called BuildLAX, which
helps train smaller contractors around the
area on the specifics of what it takes to be
successful working on construction projects
for larger corporations.
Most remarkable about her department is
a nationally recognized apprenticeship-ready
program called HireLAX. This program is
directly targeted at helping local workers create
new careers. Meshack relays the shortage of
construction workers right now due to high
demand and an aging construction workforce.
What HireLAX aims to do is to offer a
training program to people from all walks
of life in the Los Angeles and South Bay
area. This could be high school students
looking for an alternative to a four-year
college, people looking for new careers, or
even those with a past who are looking to
begin a new venture.
“These jobs pay very well, and they
provide a benefits package,” says Meshack,
“It’s also something where you could put
yourself through college working as a construction
worker.” As four-year colleges become
more of a prerequisite for the workforce,
less emphasis has been put on skilled
trade jobs like construction work. Meshack
tells of a female friend of hers who used Amber Meshack, Director of Business, Jobs, and Social Responsibil-
See Amber Meshack, page 5 ity at Los Angeles World Airports.
See SMC, page 2