Feb. 22, 2024 Starfire Optical Range's 3.5m telescope marks 30th anniversary of 'First Light' The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, marked a milestone in space exploration Feb. 10, 2024, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the “First Light” images captured by the 3.5-meter telescope at the Starfire Optical Range, or SOR, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.
Jan. 5, 2022 AFRL detects moon around asteroid with smallest telescope yet KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) - On November 29, 2021, an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Starfire Optical Range (SOR)* telescope on Kirtland Air Force Base near Albuquerque, New Mexico, recorded an image of asteroid (22) Kalliope, and its natural satellite Linus. A confirming image was
Aug. 5, 2021 AFRL quantum expert makes groundbreaking advances coinciding with his retirement KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – “The first country to harness the power of quantum networking will achieve technological supremacy,” said Dr. Mark Gruneisen, Air Force Research Laboratory senior research physicist and quantum expert. Gruneisen is the Principle Investigator for Quantum
Jan. 5, 2021 AFRL engineer award winner proclaims a first for the U.S. Space Force Air Force Research Laboratory senior engineer Dr. Odell Reynolds received the 2019 Harold Brown award from Dr. Richard Joseph, the Chief Scientist of the Air Force, in a ceremony held on Dec. 16, 2020 at AFRL’s Starfire Optical Range (SOR) located on Kirtland Air Force Base.
April 9, 2020 AFRL New Mexico units identified to transfer to U.S. Space Force The Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland AFB recently received news that some of their missions will transfer to the U.S. Space Force (USSF). AFRL units readying for transfer include most of the Space Vehicles Directorate missions and the Directed Energy Directorate’s Electro-Optics Division.