SPACE

Question 1

USSTRATCOM

Answer 1

• Command authority over space forces and assets

Question 2

USAF

Answer 2

• DoD’s Executive Agency for Space
• Director of Space Forces

Question 3

US ARMY

Answer 3

Lead agency for SHF

Operate 4 RSSCs

• Stuttgart, GE [EUCOM, AFRICOM]
• Wheeler Army AF, HI [PACOM]
• Peterson AFB, CO [NORTHCOM]
• MacDill AFB, FL [CENTCOM, SOCOM, SOUTHCOM]

Operate 5 wideband operations centers

• Ft Detrick - Maryland
• Ft Meade - Maryland
• Landstuhl, Germany
• Wahiawa - Hawaii
• Okinawa, Japan

Provide space based missile detection capabilities

Question 4

USN

Answer 4

• lead agency for narrowband UHF
• Satellite operations for narrowband at NAVSOC

Question 5

NAVNETWARCOM

Answer 5

• the Navy’s central authority for space
• CBSP manager
• SATVUL Packages
• Space Effect Packages

Question 6

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Answer 6

Altitude: 95-1500 km
Period: 90-120 minutes

ISR

SATCOM: IRIDIUM

ENVIRONMENT: POES, Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)

Question 7

Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)

Answer 7

Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)

Altitude: 20,000km

Period: 12 hours

PNT, GPS

Question 8

Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO)

Answer 8

Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO)

Altitude: 36,000km

Period: 24 hours

ISR: Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP), Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS), Advanceed Technology Risk Reduction (ATRR)

SATCOM: AEHF, MILSTAR, WGS, DSCS, UFO, MUOS, FLTSATCOM

MW: Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), Defense Support Program (DSP)

ENVIRONMENT: GOES

Question 9

Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO)

Answer 9

Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO)

Altitude: 400km perigee, 40,000km apogee

Period: 12 hours

ISR

SATCOM: EPS (Enhanced Polar System)

Question 10

10 Space Operations and Functions

Answer 10

1. Weather (Environmental Monitoring)
2. ISR
3. Missile Warning
4. PNT
5. SATCOM
6. Space SA
7. Spacelift
8. Nuclear Detonation Detection
9. Space Control
10. Satellite OPS

Question 11

Space Control

Answer 11

The purpose of these operations is to achieve space superiority

• Offensive Space Control– deny adversary freedom of action in space
• Defensive Space Control– ensure freedom of action in space for the US and its allies

Question 12

3 Segments associated with space systems

Answer 12

• Ground - ground-based facilities and equipment
  supporting C2 of space segment
• Link - consists of signals connecting ground and space segments
• Space - Satellites and spacecraft

Question 13

UHF Satellites

Answer 13

UFO, MUOS, FLTSAT (Legacy)

Question 14

SHF Satellites

Answer 14

WGS, DSCS

Question 15

EHF Satellites

Answer 15

MILSTAR, AEHF

Question 16

JP 3-14

Answer 16

Joint Publication for Space Operations

Question 17

WHAT IS THE NAVY OPERATIONAL CHAIN OF COMMAND FOR SPACE

Answer 17

NETWARCOM ► 10^th FLT ► STRATCOM

Question 18

SATVUL

Answer 18

Satellite vulnerabilities; mitigate vulnerabilities to satellites

SATVUL package provides info on enemy reconnaissance satellites

Safe Window Intelligence (SWINT) which are periods when the requesting unit is not vulnerable to reconnaissance satellites.