Life in the Joint Side of Space

Abstract

On July 19, the commander of U.S. Strategic Command signed the implementation directive giving the commander of the Joint Functional Component Command-Space (JFCC-Space) the authority and responsibility to command and control almost all Department of Defense Space assets worldwide. This is the first time that almost all of Space was centrally controlled by one command and commander. For the past couple of years, the 14th Air Force Space and Air Operations Center has transformed into a Joint Space Operations Center. For the past year, the Joint Space Operations Center has been the operations center for the commander, Joint Space Operations (JSO). This all changed after the implementation directive as the commander, JFCC-Space assumed command and control of a majority of all the Space current operational elements from Naval Space Operations Center, Army Forces Strategic Command and Air Force Space Command. The commander JFCC-Space is the Global Space Coordinating Authority and provides Space mission expertise to plan support, integrate, assess, and synchronize efforts for U.S. Strategic Command and other combatant commanders' operational level requirements. These requirements include taking lead for Space control, Space situational awareness, Space offensive and defensive operations, Space force enhancements such as Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance; ITW/AA; environmental monitoring; Satellite Communication; Positioning, Navigation and Timing; and also in Space support (lift and satellite operations), and Space force applications. JFCC-Space is also the day-to-day manager of missile warning capability and serves as the supporting commander to JFCC-Integrated Missile Defense and JFCC-Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance for management of the missile warning centers and data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA519638

Entities

People

  • J. D. Price

Organizations

  • United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Operations
  • Intelligence Surveillance And Reconnaissance
  • Monitoring
  • Reconnaissance
  • Situational Awareness
  • Space Force
  • Space Operations
  • Space Situational Awareness
  • Surveillance
  • United States Strategic Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space