SATCOM For Net-Centric Warfare December 2012 MilsatMagazine 2012 Year In Review MilsatMagazine. December 2012, Vol. 3, #8 Publishing Operations Authors Silvano Payne Publisher + Writer Bob Baker Hartley G. Lesser Editorial Director Tony Bardo Pattie Waldt Executive Editor Michael Bristol Jill Durfee Sales Director, Editorial Assistant Eyal Copitt Donald McGee Production Manager Robert S. Dudney Simon Payne Development Manager Rudy Ernst Dan Makinster Technical Advisor Karl Fuchs Chris Forrester Senior Contributing Editor David Gulla Alan Gottlieb Senior Contributing Editor Hartley Lesser Bob Gough Senior Contributing Editor Frank Linsalata Jos Heyman Senior Contributing Editor Rick Lober Giles Peeters Senior Contributing Editor Julia MacDonough Mike Antonovich Contributing Editor Scott Prater Richard Dutchik Contributing Editor Claude Rousseau Bert Sadtler Contributing Editor Bruce Rowe Staff Sgt. 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Sonoma, CA 95476 USA Phone: (707) 939-9306 All included imagery is courtesy of, and copyright to, the Fax: (707) 838-9235 respective companies or named individuals. © 2012 SatNews Publishers Dispatches An EELV First (SpaceX + SMC) .............................................................. Page 06 Insights Into ISR .................................................................................. Page 06 Safe Passage In The Domain Of Space (1st + 7th Space Ops) ............. Page 08 Scaling to Fit The Need (SpaceX, Lockheed Martin + Orbital Sciences) .. Page 10 A Major Melding (Astrium Services Government) ................................. Page 11 Demo + Data For Defense (Northrop Grumman + Raytheon) .............. Page 12 Culture Change For Acquisitions (Intelsat General) ............................. Page 12 In Relief Of Sandy Victims (Intelsat) ................................................... Page 13 SATCOM Capability Is Successfully Deployed (Thales) ......................... Page 14 Payload Processing Pay (Astrotech) ..................................................... Page 14 CAPS @ The Top Of The World .............................................................. Page 15 Life Savers (NOAA) ............................................................................... Page 16 Emergency Ops Training (Combined Joint Task Force, Horn of Africa) Page 17 SeeMe, A Solution For Small Satellites (Raytheon) .............................. Page 18 The Navy’s Future? ............................................................................... Page 18 A Tactical Development (Rohde & Schwarz) ......................................... Page 19 Ensuring Operational Capabilities (U.S.M.C.) ....................................... Page 20 Tech Support For Top Secret Enterprise (General Dynamics)............... Page 21 2 MilsatMagazine — December 2012 MilsatMagazine December 2012, Vol. 3, #8 Features NSR Analysis—Military SATCOM: Planning For The Unknown Participants at the recent SMI Global Milsatcom Conference in London heard Page 22 loud and clear how the fiscal cliff of the U.S. Government can overshadow huge bandwidth demand... by Claude Rousseau, Senior Analyst, NSR France Command Center: Chief Master Sergeant Carol A. Dockery, SMC Carol A. Dockery is the Command Chief Master Sergeant, Space and Missile Page 26 Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, California. Anti-Jam Approaches For SATCOM As technology advances, adversaries have increasingly sophisticated Page 30 capabilities to jam transmissions over geosynchronous satellites. by Karl Fuchs, Contributing Editor Game Changers In Space The Air Force’s satellite enterprise—for many decades the developer and Page 34 operator of the world’s most advanced military spacecraft—is under pressure to downshift. by Robert S. Dudney Relief Through Emergency Communications Decision makers at all levels rely on the availability of effective and efficient Page 40 communications when faced with emergency or crisis situations. by Julia MacDonough, GMV USA Hosted Payloads + Capitol Hill: The Good, The Bad + The Ugly Encouraged largely by Lt. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski and the newly established Page 44 Hosted Payload Office (HPO) under her command, the FY13 President’s budget created several different funding lines in support of hosted payloads. Radar Technologies Are Poor Targets For Budget Cuts Early in November of 2012, a spokesman for North Korea’s National Defense Page 46 Commission stated that its “strategic rocket forces” are “within the scope of strike”... by David Gulla, Raytheon PIONEERING: Sustaining U.S. Leadership In Space On December 4th, the Space Foundation released PIONEERING: Sustaining U.S. Page 50 Leadership in Space, which puts forth recommendations to strengthen both NASA’s focus, oversight and funding and the overall U.S. civil space program. 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW Index Welcome to MilsatMagazine’s annual YEAR IN REVIEW issue. A few, leading companies Page 54 have offered their insights and an examination of their experiences regarding their operations during 2012... Advertisers 2013 International Satellite Directory ...... Page 49 iDirect Government Technologies (iGT) .... Page 31 Advantech Wireless ................................. Page 09 MITEQ, Inc. / MCL ................................... Page 19 Agile Milcoms Division ............................. Page 21 MTN Government Services ....................... Page 07 AVL Technologies ..................................... Page 17 Newtec CY ............................................... Page 13 Comtech EF Data ...................................... Page 47 Northern Sky Research (NSR) .................. Page 23 Comtech Xicom Technology ...................... Page 11 Northrop Grumman .................................. Page 03 CPI Satcom Products ............................... Page 15 SatFinder ................................................. Page 29 Dubai World Trade Centre (CABSAT) ........ Page 25 SMi Group ................................................ Page 33 Harris Corporation ...................... cover + Page 05 Teledyne Paradise Datacom ..................... Page 41 Wavestream Corporation ......................... Page 43 4 MilsatMagazine — December 2012 Dispatches An EELV First Insights Into ISR The United States Air Force opportunity to demonstrate their Falcon Heavy will be the The second annual ISR Space and Missile Systems vehicle capabilities. first rocket in history to feature conference will feature a Center has awarded SpaceX The two missions will support propellant cross-feed from the line-up of key military and two Evolved Expendable the EELV certification process for side boosters to the center core. industry speakers delivering Launch Vehicle (EELV)-class the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. Propellant cross-feeding leaves more than 16 presentations missions: DSCOVR (Deep Falcon Heavy, the most powerful the center core still carrying the addressing the current Space Climate Observatory) rocket in the world, is expected to majority of its propellant after issues being experienced in and STP-2 (Space Test take its first flight in the second the side boosters separate. This ISR today. Program 2). half of 2013. gives Falcon Heavy performance The conference will be a To be launched on SpaceX’s Building on reliable flight comparable to that of a three- fantastic opportunity for military Falcon launch vehicles in 2014 proven architecture, the Falcon 9 stage rocket, even though only and defence personnel within the and 2015 respectively, the awards and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles the single Merlin engine on the ISR industry to talk to leading mark the first EELV-class missions are designed for exceptional upper stage requires ignition experts who are currently working awarded to the company to date. reliability, meeting the stringent after lift-off, further improving on ISR projects and operations. The DSCOVR mission will be U.S. Air Force requirements for both reliability and payload From across Europe and North launched aboard a Falcon 9 and the Evolved Expendable Launch performance. Should cross-feed America the diversity of speakers is currently slated for late 2014, Vehicle (EELV) program. not be required for lower mass will give a broad spectrum of while STP-2 will be launched The Falcon Heavy is designed missions, it can be easily ideas and opinions. aboard the Falcon Heavy and for extreme reliability and can turned off. ISR 2013 promises to be a is targeted for mid-2015. Both tolerate the failure of several Anticipating potential astronaut unique platform for problem- are expected to launch from engines and still complete its transport needs, Falcon Heavy solving, debate and networking— Space Launch Complex 40 at mission. As on commercial is also designed to meet NASA register today. Featured Cape Canaveral Air Force airliners, protective shells human rating standards. Plus, speakers include: