Army as a User of Space Capabilities

Army as a User of Space Capabilities
• Army’s Warfighting Functions rely on space
capabilities for mission success
- Mission Command, Movement and Maneuver, Fires,
Intelligence, Sustainment, Protection
• Space provides SATCOM, PNT, ISR, Missile
Warning, Environmental Monitoring
- Enables mission command, situational awareness, force
tracking, common operating picture, operational
planning, etc.
• Supports all aspects of unified land operations
“Secure the High Ground”
Distribution A - Public Release
“Army space capabilities
are combat multipliers that
enable all six Warfighting
Functions”
-- Army Space Operations White Paper,
April 2012
The sun never sets on USASMDC/ARSTRAT
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Army as a Provider of Space Capabilities
• SMDC/ARSTRAT is Army proponent for
Space and a force provider – space forces
and capabilities to the Army, Joint Force
• Coordinates with Army Intelligence and
Signal communities; USSTRATCOM; other
Joint elements
• Provides trained and ready space forces
and capabilities to the COCOMs and the
Warfighter
• Builds future Space forces
• Conducts space mission-related research
and development activities
Providing Army Space Capabilities to the Army and Combatant Commands
“Secure the High Ground”
Distribution A - Public Release
The sun never sets on USASMDC/ARSTRAT
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A Global Command
1st Space Brigade
49th Missile Defense
Battalion (GMD)
Senior Commander
100th Missile Defense
Brigade (Ground-Based
Mid-Course Defense)
Joint Tactical
Ground Station
(JTAGS) – EUCOM
• Future Warfare Center
• Army Space Personnel
Development Office
• MMC & GEOINT
MD Bde Det ,
VAFB, CA
JTAGS-Japan
AN/TPY-2 Forward
Based Mode - Japan
C Co/53rd Signal Battalion
(Payload Control)
HQs USASMDC /
ARSTRAT
100th
E Co/53rd Signal Battalion
(Payload Control)
Regional SATCOM
Support Center
(RSSC)
AN/TPY-2 Forward Based
Mode - Turkey
A&B Co/53rd Signal
Battalion
(Payload Control)
Regional SATCOM
Support Center
D Co/53rd Signal
Battalion
(Payload Control)
JTAGS-CENTCOM
• Technical Center
• Future Warfare Center
• TCM- Space & Global
Missile Defense (SGMD)
Army Astronaut
Detachment
Regional SATCOM
Support Center
Regional SATCOM
Support Center
White: HQs, FWC, Technical
Center and Army
Astronauts
Gold: Space Ops
Red:
Missile Defense Ops
JTAGS-Korea
Army Space
Support Teams
Commercial
Imagery Team
Space Support
Elements
US Army Kwajalein Atoll /
Reagan Test Site
(USAKA/RTS)
AN/TPY-2 Forward Based
Mode - CENTCOM
Senior Commander
AN/TPY-2 Forward Based
Mode - Israel
Uniquely Organized – Geographically Well-Positioned
“Secure the High Ground”
Distribution A - Public Release
The sun never sets on USASMDC/ARSTRAT
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