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Space Surveillance Network Space Surveillance Network Lt Col Glen Shepherd Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) This briefing is for information only. No US Government Commitment to sell, loan, lease, co-develop or co-produce defense articles or provide defense services is implied or intended. Overview • Space Surveillance Network • Future Upgrades • Current Satellite Catalog • Space Surveillance Support HQ AFSPC/A3CD /Shared SSA Briefing Briefing .PPT 2 Space Surveillance Network (SSN) Map MSX / SBV Space Track PE Sensors THULE GLOBUS II CLEAR FYLINGDALES CAVALIER LSSC MOSS COBRA DANE BEALE SCC CAPE COD ASCC KAENA PT SOCORRO EGLIN Maui MSSS RTS AFSSS ASCENSION DIEGO GARCIA LSSC = Lincoln Space Surveillance Complex Tracking Radar Dedicated Millstone, Haystack, HAX Detection Radar MSSS = Maui Space Surveillance System Collateral Imaging Radar (former AMOS/MOTIF site) Contributing Optical Telescope AFSSS = Air Force Space Surveillance System SSN C2 SSN C2 HQ AFSPC/A3CDRTS = Reagan /Shared SSA Test Briefing Site Briefing .PPT 3 Dedicated SSN Sensors • Dedicated SSN sensors have a primary mission of Space Surveillance • Dedicated sensors include: • Phased Array Radar (Eglin) • Mechanical tracker (Globus II – Vardo, Norway) • Detection only sensors (AFSSS) • Space based (MSX/SBV) • Ground based electro optical sensors (GEODSS and MOSS) HQ AFSPC/A3CD /Shared SSA Briefing Briefing .PPT 4 Collateral SSN Sensors • Collateral sensors belong to AFSPC, but have a primary mission other than space surveillance • Collateral sensors include: • Solid State Phased Array Radars (SSPARs) • 3 Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) • 2 PAVE Phased Array Warning System (PAVE PAWS) • Phased Array Radar at Cavalier AFS, ND • Mechanical trackers at Kaena Point, HI and Ascension Island • Support the Eastern and Western Launch Ranges. HQ AFSPC/A3CD /Shared SSA Briefing Briefing .PPT 5 Contributing SSN Sensors • Contributing sensors are sensors that either report to another Air Force Major Command or are under contract to AFSPC to provide space surveillance information • Contributing sensors include: • Phased Array Radar (Shemya) • Maui Optical Space Surveillance System (MSSS) • Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Island • Lincoln Space Surveillance System (LSSC) HQ AFSPC/A3CD /Shared SSA Briefing Briefing .PPT 6 Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) • Gap-filler between MSX/SBV & SBSS Objective System • Metric (position) data and Space Object Identification (SOI) data • Addresses challenges caused by weather, daytime and moonlight restrictions and limited capacity of existing optical and radar- based SSN • SBSS Block 10 Launch 1stQtr FY08 HQ AFSPC/A3CD /Shared SSA Briefing Briefing .PPT 7 Current Satellite Catalog • There just over 9,000 man made cataloged space objects orbiting the Earth • Consists of active and dead payloads, spent rocket bodies, and debris HQ AFSPC/A3CD /Shared SSA Briefing Briefing .PPT 8 Congressional Tasking • The FY04 Defense Authorization bill included language to allow the DoD to provide satellite tracking support to entities outside United States Government (foreign governments, companies, etc) • The SECDEF may carry out a pilot program to determine the feasibility and desirability of providing to non-United States Government entities space surveillance data support described in subsection • The pilot program three-year period planned to end May 07 • Requested two-year extension until May 09 in order to further study expanded support HQ AFSPC/A3CD /Shared SSA Briefing Briefing .PPT 9 Program Details • Provides timely, accurate, state-of-the-art space surveillance services • Registered users can download unclassified Two-Line Element Sets, decay messages, and associated reports from Space-Track.org website • Space-Track website achieved full functionality of NASA Orbital Information Group (OIG) website (May 05) • Since January 2005 accounts increased from 815 under NASA OIG to almost 21,000 • Users must agree to following terms before downloading data • Users will not redistribute any data/analysis without DoD approval • Process in place to approve request for redistribution of TLEs and analysis • Users will use data at own risk and will not hold the government/Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) liable for damages/losses resulting from decisions made based on data received HQ AFSPC/A3CD /Shared SSA Briefing Briefing .PPT 10 Current Services Current Website Products Include • Catalog query common name • Decay prediction report • Catalog query for catalog • Decay prediction text query number • Query for international • Geosynchronous catalog query designator • Downloadable files • Satellite situation report • 60 day decay forecast report • Special interest group report • Satellite Catalog Action Report • Web site update Status • Catalog change history query • Satellite situation report (Zipped) • Catalog query for decay date HQ AFSPC/A3CD /Shared SSA Briefing Briefing .PPT 11 CFE Space-Track Website User Accounts Space-Track User Accounts 22000 21500 2050021000 20000 2000019500 19000 18500 1750018000 17000 21319 Space-Track user accounts 16500 16000 15500 1500015000 1400014500 13500 13000 12500 12000 11500 1050011000 10000 100009500 9000 8500 8000 7500 7000 Number of Accounts of Number 6500 6000 5500 5000 50004500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500500 1/6/2005 2/6/2005 3/6/2005 4/6/2005 5/6/2005 6/6/2005 7/6/2005 8/6/2005 9/6/2005 1/6/2006 2/6/2006 3/6/2006 4/6/2006 5/6/2006 6/6/2006 7/6/2006 10/6/2005 11/6/2005 12/6/2005 Active New Accounts Active NASA OIG Accounts Inactive NASA OIG Accounts HQ AFSPC/A3CD /Shared SSA Briefing Briefing .PPT 12 Space-Track User Accounts – by Nations United States Germany United Kingdom Canada • There are users from Australia France 110 nations with Netherlands Space-Track Italy Poland accounts Japan Russian Federation Spain • The top 8 nations Austria Brazil (US, Germany, UK, Belgium New Zealand Canada, Australia, Switzerland United States Argentina France, France Sweden Netherlands, & South Africa lia Denmark stra Italy) comprise Au Czech Republic da Finland ~81% of the total na Ca Norway accounts Portugal UK Greece Germany India Ukraine • The top 17 nations China Hungary comprise ~91% of Ireland the total accounts Turkey Mexico Malaysia Chile South Korea HQ AFSPC/A3CD /Shared SSA Briefing Briefing .PPT 13 Potential Expanded Services • Expanded Services • Launch Support • Conjunction Assessment (CA) • End-of-Life/Reentry Support • Anomaly Resolution Support • Performing Emergency Service • Requests for these type of services are currently processed via USSTRATCOM Form 1 • Expanded Services will increase overall Space Situational Awareness Will accomplish over time, within available resources HQ AFSPC/A3CD /Shared SSA Briefing Briefing .PPT 14 Summary • Space Surveillance Network • Future Upgrades • Current Satellite Catalog • Space Surveillance Support HQ AFSPC/A3CD /Shared SSA Briefing Briefing .PPT 15 QUESTIONS? Back Up Slides The Form 1 Process • There are two services that can be requested using the USSTRATCOM Form 1: • Request for Orbital Data/Advanced Type Services (Launch, Early Orbit Determination, Anomaly Resolution, Maneuver, etc) • The USSTRATCOM NASA Liaison at NASA/GSFC helps CFE customer get the correct format for CMOC processes • Either CMOC/J3S or 1 SPCS will send the approval message and/or any products or services to the CFE customer depending on job request • Request for Redistribution of TLEs/Analysis • CMOC/J3S or USSTRATCOM Liaison forward request for redistribution to HQ AFSPC/A3CD for processing • HQ AFSPC/A3CD processes requests and forwards to CMOC/J3S who sends the approved form 1 to the CFE requester Request for these services are processed on a Case-by-Case basis on non interference basis with SCC HQ AFSPC/A3CD /Shared SSA Briefing Briefing .PPT 18.
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