Global Broadcast Service (GBS)
Abstract
The Global Broadcast Service (GBS) is an extension of the Global Information Grid that provides worldwide, high capacity, one-way transmission of video (especially from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), imagery and geospatial intelligence products, and other high-bandwidth information supporting the nation's command centers and joint combat forces in garrison, in transit, and deployed within global combat zones. It employs readily available satellite-based commercial technologies that are relatively inexpensive and easily integrated into existing systems and processes, yet are not so unwieldy as to be unusable by smaller and more mobile units. To this end, GBS currently uses broadcast payloads on two Ultra-High Frequency Follow-On (UFO) satellites and leased commercial satellite transponders. GBS is also broadcasting over the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) constellation. Theater Injection Point terminals provide a deployable Ka-band uplink capability that can operate directly from a Combatant Commander's (CCMD's) area of responsibility. Information sources deliver products for daily broadcast to two Satellite Broadcast Managers (SBMs) based on defined mission profiles approved by CCMD Theater Information Managers (TIMs). At the SBM, the Planning and Management application schedules broadcasts to users as well as keeps users, products, and mission profiles current.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA613515
Entities
People
- Robert E. Tarleton Jr.
Organizations
- Air Force Space Command