Location
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
Start Date
24-4-1991 2:00 PM
End Date
24-4-1991 5:00 PM
Description
On 23 September 1985, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) formed the Unified Space Command (USSPACECOM) with headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The components of the new command are the Air Force Space Command, the Naval Space Command, and the Army Element. General Robert T. Herres was named Commander-in- Chief of the Aerospace Defense Command (ADCOM) which began deactivation after formation of USSPACECOM.
The missions of ADCOM were divided between USSPACECOM and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Those ADCOM missions reassigned to USSPACECOM are Attack Warning/Attack Assessment and Space Defense, renamed Space Control. Space Support, a previously unassigned space operation, was also assigned to CINC USSPACECOM or CINCSPACE.
Formation of USSPACECOM is an acknowledgement of the extent to which the National Command Authorities (NCA) and worldwide air, land, sea, and other space operational forces depend on the missions which space systems perform. CINCSPACE is responsible through the JCS to the NCA for conducting effective military space operations and integrating them into the military operations of the traditional forces. Space operations, therefore, will become more responsive to NCA direction and to the operational needs of the unified and specified CINCs.
The JCS tasked CINCSPACE TO "maintain assured access to and use of space for the U.S. and her allies at all times." 3 The purpose of this paper is to examine that task. What are the basic elements of space operations? How important are they? Is there a threat? If so, are U.S. space systems and operations strong enough to survive in the face of a determined effort to defeat them?
Paper Session II-C - Assured Access To and Use of Space: A Military Perspective
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
On 23 September 1985, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) formed the Unified Space Command (USSPACECOM) with headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The components of the new command are the Air Force Space Command, the Naval Space Command, and the Army Element. General Robert T. Herres was named Commander-in- Chief of the Aerospace Defense Command (ADCOM) which began deactivation after formation of USSPACECOM.
The missions of ADCOM were divided between USSPACECOM and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Those ADCOM missions reassigned to USSPACECOM are Attack Warning/Attack Assessment and Space Defense, renamed Space Control. Space Support, a previously unassigned space operation, was also assigned to CINC USSPACECOM or CINCSPACE.
Formation of USSPACECOM is an acknowledgement of the extent to which the National Command Authorities (NCA) and worldwide air, land, sea, and other space operational forces depend on the missions which space systems perform. CINCSPACE is responsible through the JCS to the NCA for conducting effective military space operations and integrating them into the military operations of the traditional forces. Space operations, therefore, will become more responsive to NCA direction and to the operational needs of the unified and specified CINCs.
The JCS tasked CINCSPACE TO "maintain assured access to and use of space for the U.S. and her allies at all times." 3 The purpose of this paper is to examine that task. What are the basic elements of space operations? How important are they? Is there a threat? If so, are U.S. space systems and operations strong enough to survive in the face of a determined effort to defeat them?
Comments
DoD Space Operations
Session Chairman: John S. Boone, Director of Space Operations, Headquarters, Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, CO
Session Organizer: William E. Richard, USAF, Eastern Test Range, Navy Ballistic Program Manager, Patrick AFB, FL