Extended Space Sensors Architecture (ESSA)
Abstract
The Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) validated the capability need for ESSA as a FY 2006 new start. The ESSA ACTD is creating a joint, distributed, net-centric space surveillance framework. ESSA is a three-year ACTD sponsored by USSTRATCOM. The ESSA Joint Operational Utility Assessment (JOUA) is planned for mid-FY 2009, and the capability will transition to Programs of Record (PORs) by the end of FY 2009. The lead service is the U.S. Air Force. The ESSA ACTD will develop and demonstrate a net-centric sensor architecture which provides more timely Space Situational Awareness (SSA) information via the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET) to decision makers. ESSA efficiencies will include: increased timeliness for delivering data products from sensor to command and control (C2) node; ability of netted sensors to perform more efficient strategies for searching, tracking, identifying and monitoring space object population; ability of C2 node to observe sensor operations in real-time and make rapid decisions in response to space events; and the ability of an architecture to support both theater and strategic users. While this ACTD does not answer all of the SSA gaps and shortfalls identified in USSTRATCOM’s Space Control Joint Capability Document (JCD), it does address the number one priority identified in the JCD of synergistically exploiting all available SSA data.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 7135ffb4d20c5bad1556b8dcf0128e52