UNCLASSIFIED A537 SPACE ORIENTATION Lesson 3 Space Mission Areas UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Department of Defense Space Policy Supports and amplifies U.S. national space policy Space recognized as an operational medium
(like land, sea and air) Functions defined: Space Support Space Control Force Application Force Enhancement UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED USSPACECOM Mission Conduct joint space operations IAW Unified Command Plan assigned missions of:
UNCLASSIFIED Space Forces Support Space Force Enhancement Space Force Application Space Force Control UNCLASSIFIED Space Forces Support Operations which deploy, augment, sustain and replenish space forces to include:
Space Lift or Space Launch Satellite Control or Telemetry, Tracking and Commanding (TT&C) Logistics operations to support space forces UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED
US Spacelift Vehicles UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Spacelift Vehicles Delta UNCLASSIFIED
Atlas Titan Pegasus Shuttle UNCLASSIFIED Upper Staging Systems Place heavier payloads into space
IUS PAM TOS Centaur UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Future U.S. Launch Vehicles
Taurus Conestoga EELV Atlas 2AR UNCLASSIFIED Delta III
Delta-Lite Delta Med-Lite X-33 Venture Star Current U.S. Launch & Recovery Facilities UNCLASSIFIED Cape Canaveral/Cape Kennedy Eastern Range Kennedy Space Center
Western Range Wallops Island White Sands Missile Range UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Launch Facilities Eastern Launch Site LC 39 A
Complex 39A/B 40 41 36A/B 17A/B UNCLASSIFIED Program
Shuttle Titan IV Titan IV Atlas Delta LC 39 B LC 41 LC 40 LC 36 A & B LC 17 A & B UNCLASSIFIED Launch Facilities Western Launch Site
Complex UNCLASSIFIED 2 3E 3W 4E 4W 5
6 Program Delta Atlas II Atlas E Titan IV Titan II Scout LLV UNCLASSIFIED Wallops Island, VA
UNCLASSIFIED Sounding Rockets Pegasus Conestoga Taurus UNCLASSIFIED White Sands Missile Range Missile, rocket and spaceflight development
UNCLASSIFIED R&D (DCX-A) Sounding rocket launch area Alternate Shuttle recovery area UNCLASSIFIED Satellite Control Telemetry, Tracking and Commanding (TT&C) Space Vehicle Control (Satellite Bus) Satellite Payload Control
UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED AIR FORCE SATELLITE CONTROL NETWORK (AFSCN) ...provide ...provide telemetry, telemetry, tracking, tracking, and and commanding commanding (TT&C) (TT&C) services
services to to over over 90 90 DOD DOD satellites. satellites. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED AFSCN Worldwide Locations Lion Pike Hula
Pogo Boss Cook UNCLASSIFIED Guam UNCLASSIFIED Communications Resources Support Spacenet IV DSCS III
IO DSCS III WPAC DISA Japan GTE VTS VTS DISA Japan GE Americom
DISA DSCS III EPAC OAS GE Americom EVCF EVCF TTS TTS DISA
NHS DSCS III WLANT TCS GTS DGS DGS HTS DISA CTS
UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Satellite Systems Supported Communications DSCS II/III, UHF F/O, MILSTAR, FLTSATCOM Allied NATO, SKYNET Weather
DMSP, NOAA, GOES Missile Warning DSP Navigation GPS Civil STS, Landsat UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Who are the users of the AFSCN? NCA/DOD NOAA NASA UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Space Force Enhancement Communications Navigation Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Environmental Monitoring Mapping, Charting and Geodesy Warning UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Space Force Application Space based weapons systems to engage terrestrial targets There are no systems deployed. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED
Space Control Includes the functions of: Protection of our space assets Prevention of use of our systems by an adversary Negation of adversarys use of space Surveillance of space UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Space Surveillance UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Space Surveillance Network UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Naval Space Surveillance Radar (NAVSPASUR) Transmitter
Receiver UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Army Contributing Sensors ALCOR ALTAIR UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED USSPACECOM AND NORAD
COMMAND CENTER Combined Intelligence Watch Center (CIWC) Space Control Center (SCC) UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED USSPACECOM Mission Conduct joint space operations IAW Unified Command Plan assigned missions of:
UNCLASSIFIED Space Forces Support Space Force Enhancement Space Force Application Space Force Control UNCLASSIFIED Focus of Future Lessons UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED
Space Vision Statements Each workgroup will present an overview of their respective vision statement and lead a discussion on key features and issues. What will the future of military space operations be? How does the vision statement implement each of the four space mission areas? Will battles be fought in space? By whom? Should space be designated a distinct Area of Responsibility? UNCLASSIFIED
