| AFSCN Historical Timeline |
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| 1954 | — | Western Development Division (WDD) established in Inglewood, California; ICBM Scientific Advisory Group recommends integration of Air Force satellite and missile programs under WDD. |
| 1958 | — | Explorer I launched; first U.S. Air Force satellite mission control center established in Palo Alto, California. |
| 1959 | — | Vandenberg, Hawaii, and New Hampshire remote tracking stations operational; later, Annette Island and Kodiak, Alaska; first Air Force satellite, Discoverer I, launched. |
| 1960 | — | Lt. Gen. Bernard Schriever of the Air Force Ballistic Missile Division in El Segundo, California, announces the formation of The Aerospace Corporation. |
| 1961 | — | Donnelly Flats, Alaska; Ft. Dix, New Jersey; and Camp Roberts, California, remote tracking stations operational. |
| 1962 | — | Thule, Greenland, remote tracking station operational. |
| 1963 | — | Indian Ocean Seychelles remote tracking station operational; Annette Island station decommissioned; Multi-Satellite Augmentation Program implemented at the control center and tracking stations. |
| 1965 | — | Guam remote tracking station operational, Ft. Dix and Camp Roberts stations decommissioned. |
| 1967 | — | Donnelly Flats station decommissioned; Advanced Data System upgrade to the Satellite Control Facility. |
| 1975 | — | Kodiak remote tacking station decommissioned. |
| 1978 | — | Telemetry & Command Station, England, operational. |
| 1979 | — | Consolidated Space Operations Center (CSOC) development authorized. |
| 1980 | — | Data Systems Modernization to replace Current Data System. |
| 1982 | — | Air Force Space Command activated. |
| 1983 | — | Strategic Air Command transfers DSP and DMSP to Air Force Space Command. |
| 1984 | — | Automated Remote Tracking Station program initiated. |
| 1985 | — | Falcon AFS, Colorado, ribbon cutting. |
| 1988 | — | Thule-C remote tracking station operational. |
| 1989 | — | CSOC operational at Falcon; Colorado remote tracking station operational. |
| 1991 | — | Diego Garcia remote tracking station and Telemetry & Command Station-B operational. |
| 1993 | — | CSOC turned over to Air Force Space Command. |
| 1996 | — | Indian Ocean Seychelles station decommissioned. |
| 1998 | — | Falcon is renamed Schriever AFB. |
| 2000 | — | Automated Remote Tracking Station upgrade, Telemetry & Command Station-A. |
| 2002 | — | 13-meter antenna replaces old wheel-and-track antenna, Telemetry & Command Station-A; Remote Tracking Station Block Change project begins; interoperability studies initiated. SMC becomes part of Air Force Space Command. |
| 2005 | — | Onizuka AFS included on Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) list. |