SCAPR Luncheon: Tuesday, 14 Jun 22 – Gen Purdy at the Embassy Suites

Please mark your calendars for the next in-person SCAPR Lunch:

Location: Embassy Suites, 1440 E Imperial Ave, El Segundo, CA 90245.

Tuesday, June 14th, 2022

Brigadier General Stephen G. Purdy, PEO AATS;  Commander, Space Launch Delta 45; Director of Launch and Range Operations, Space Systems Command; and Director of the Eastern Range, Patrick Space Force Base, Florida

General Purdy as PEO is responsible to organize train equip 22,000 government and contractor personnel at Space Launch Delta 45 at Patrick SFB, Space launch Delta 30 at Vandenberg SFB and the Launch Enterprise Directorate at Los Angeles AFB and Kirtland AFB. Additionally. he leads the acquisition, integration, development, production, operation, and sustainment of the $13.5B National Security Space Launch Program, Rocket System Launch Program, and Launch and Test Range System Programs. As SLD45 commander he is responsible for base infrastructure for more than 15,000 military, civilian, contractors and dependents at Patrick Space Force Base, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Ascension Island. He leads the safe and secure processing and launching of U.S. Government and commercial satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. As range director he is final approval authority for all launches, landings and DOD testing to include Kennedy Space Center satellites and human crew on the Eastern Range, a 15-million-square-mile area that supported 36 launches in 2021 with nearly double planned for 2022; aboard Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Atlas V, Delta IV Heavy, USN SLBMs, and Astra while onboarding Vulcan, Starship, Blue Origin, Relativity Terran I and others. Finally as Director of Launch and Range Operations, he provides policy guidance and resources for the Space Force spacelift and range portfolio as well as other systems across Space Systems Center.

Agenda: 1130: SCAPR Networking

1200: Lunch and Presentation

1300: Event Ends

Please RSVP to Mr. Gilbert Tseng (tsengg@gmail.com) and Ms. Jennifer Luce (jluce@stellarsolutions.com)

Active members attend for free and members’ guests are $40 at the door