US/Space Command
 US/Space Command     | |
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| Formation | 1985 |
| Parent organization | US/Military |
| Headquarters | Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, U.S. |
The United States Space Force (USSF) is the United States Armed Forces' space service.
History
Space Command was originally created in September 1985 to provide joint command and control for all military forces in outer space and coordinate with the other combatant commands. SPACECOM was disestablished in 2002, and its responsibilities and forces were merged into United States Strategic Command. It was reestablished on 29 August 2019, with a reemphasized focus on space as a warfighting domain.
In February 2019, an article from Bob Butterworth asked "What Would Space Force FIX? No One Would Notice Its Disappearance".[1]
Commercial Integration Cell
The space force has a Commercial Integration Cell (CIC) initiative to share commercial information. The program is intended to help coordinate the use of satellite data of commercial providers by the various military subdivisions, intelligence agencies and civilian authorities. This was set up to support a new program of the Space Systems Command called Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT). As of 2024, about 25 military, intelligence and civilian federal agencies are purchasing data and analysis services from the marketplace operated by the Space Force. [2]
In addition to Elon Musk's Space X, the long-standing members of the CIC include Eutelsat America, Hughes Network Systems, Intelsat General Communications, Iridium Communications, Maxar Technologies, SES Government Solutions, Viasat and XTAR. CIC also includes the Earth observation company Blacksky, the space reconnaissance contractor Kratos, the space tracking company LeoLabs, the radar satellite operator Iceye and the satellite communications provider Telesat, the high-frequency satellite data provider Hawkeye 360, and space tracking specialist Exoanalytic Solutions.[3]
References
- ↑ https://breakingdefense.com/2019/02/what-would-space-force-fix-no-one-would-notice-its-disappearance/
- ↑ https://spacenews.com/u-s-space-force-taps-commercial-satellites-to-fill-demand-for-global-insights/
- ↑ https://spacenews.com/u-s-space-command-expands-intelligence-sharing-program-with-commercial-firms/
