Being Responsive to Space Needs: AFRL Advances ORS Capabilities through Two Collaborative Satellite Efforts

Abstract

Under the auspices of the joint Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) program, two supporting aggressive research programs are being conducted by the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). ORS is actively focused on timely satisfaction of the urgent needs of the joint force commanders for improving the responsiveness of space capabilities to meet national security requirements. ORS communication, navigation, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) satellites are being designed to rapidly meet near-term space needs of in-theater tactical forces by supporting contingency operations, such as increased communication bandwidth and ISR imagery over the theater for a limited period to support air, ground, and naval force missions. This article discusses two of these programs: the plug-and-play (PnP) satellite design for rapid construction through modular components, and the Training and Tactical ORS Operations (TATOO) Laboratory, which provides a computer-based simulation environment directed at improving warfighters' space capability responsiveness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA492432

Entities

People

  • Barbara Sorensen
  • Veronica Hernandez

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computers
  • Environment
  • Information Operations
  • Military Operations
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Simulations
  • Training

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites