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telescope at Starfire Optical Range

Retired Dr. Robert Q. Fugate, Air Force Research Laboratory senior scientist, astronomer, physicist and senior executive, stands in front of the telescope at Starfire Optical Range, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., November 1993. Fugate worked for AFRL for over 40 years and was integral in the development and installation of the telescope 30 years ago. (Courtesy photo)
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Scientific Advisory Board tours SOR

Dr. Dennis Montera, principal investigator, Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate, leads a tour of the telescope and laser guide star adaptive optics system in July 2010 at Starfire Optical Range, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. Montera explained to the Scientific Advisory Board that the rotating lights from the sodium laser control panels were mounted on the side of the telescope. (U.S. Air Force photo / Dr. Robert Q. Fugate)
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Maj. Jin Kim assumes command of the U.S. Space Force

Maj. Jin Kim assumes command of the U.S. Space Force, Space Operations Command Space Delta 2, Detachment 2 from Space Delta 2 Commander Col. Marc Brock in a change of command ceremony July 7, 2022, at the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate’s Starfire Optical Range at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, while Maj. James Banta, the former Det. 2 commander looks on. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Thomas W. Dickinson)
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AFRL detects moon around asteroid with smallest telescope yet

Air Force Research Laboratory senior engineer Dr. Odell Reynolds with AFRL’s Starfire Optical Range telescopes in the background. Odell recorded an image of the asteroid Kalliope and its natural satellite Linus, using AFRL’s1.5 meter telescope on November 29, 2021 – a surprising achievement based on the small diameter of the telescope. (U.S. Air Force photo/Benjamin Herrera)
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AFRL detects moon around asteroid with smallest telescope yet

At left is an unprocessed image of the asteroid Kalliope with its satellite Linus not easily visible taken with the Air Force Research Laboratory's Starfire Optical Range telescope at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico on November 29, 2021 . At right, after fitting Kalliope as a Lorentzian and subtracting the model, Linus shows up in the residuals as a bright spot below where Kalliope was before subtraction. North is up and East is to the left. The scale in km is at the distance of the asteroid. (Image/Starfire Optical Range)
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AFRL detects moon around asteroid with smallest telescope yet

AFRL’s 3.5 meter telescope on Kirtland AFB, N.M. uses its laser to produce a guide star for a reference for adaptive optics, and previously held the record for the smallest telescope to image an asteroid’s satellite. The larger of the two domes to its left houses the 1.5 meter telescope, which now holds the record, without using a laser. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robert Fugate)
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Dr. Mark Gruneisen, AFRL Starfire Optical Range senior physicist and quantum communications expert, completed groundbreaking research that coincides with his retirement after 32 years of federal service. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Benjamin Glenn)
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Dr. Mark Gruneisen, AFRL Starfire Optical Range senior physicist and quantum communications expert, retired after 32 years of federal service and groundbreaking research in optical wavefront control and quantum communications. (U.S. Air Force photo/Todd Berenger)
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SOR Transfer of Leadership Ceremony

Air Force Col. Peter Norton, AFRL Space Electro-Optics Division chief, presents Space Force Lt. Col. Alexander Gruenther a telescope at a transfer of leadership ceremony July 16, held at the Starfire Optical Range located on Kirtland AFB, N.M. Gruenther assumed leadership of the division’s Starfire Optical Range Branch. 2nd Lt. Matthew McVey, center, served as proffer for the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Thomas Dickinson)
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Col. Peter Norton, left, AFRL Space Electro-Optics Division chief presents Lt. Col. Steven Mawhorter a remembrance of the Starfire Optical Range at a transfer of leadership ceremony held at the SOR July 16. Mawhorter departed the SOR, located on Kirtland AFB, N.M. to take a position as the Space Warfighting Modeling and Simulation lead for the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate at Kirtland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Thomas Dickinson)
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