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On 6 June 2022, the Naval Space Operations Center transferred from the Navy to the Space Force, ending 60 years of Naval space operations. Founded as the Navy Astronautics Group in 1962 it was the first military space operations command established and was redesignated the Naval Satellite Operations Center in 1990. [ 11 ]
Navy Space Command: Responsible for Navy information network operations, offensive and defensive cyberspace operations, space operations and signals intelligence Fort Meade, Maryland Air Forces Space: Ensures the aerospace control and air defense of the continental United States, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
The Naval Space Command (NSC) was a military command of the United States Navy and former component command of United States Space Command. It was headquartered at Dahlgren, Virginia , and began operations on 1 October 1985. [ 1 ]
The first military space operations command in history, [3] the Navy Astronautics Group (e or NAG) was established on May 22, 1962 under the command of CDR J.C. Quillen, Jr. [4] Tasked with operating the Navy's satellites, the unit commanded the Navy Navigational Satellite System, also known as Transit, the world's first satellite navigation ...
As the U.S. Space Force was established on 20 December 2019, General Jay Raymond, commander of U.S. Space Command and Air Force Space Command, became its first member and chief of space operations. Air Force Space Command was immediately redesignated as United States Space Force, however, the command and its 16,000 Airmen technically remained ...
The Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) is the United States Space Force's element to United States Strategic Command's Theater Event System (TES). TES provides an integrated, in-theater, 24-hour overhead non-imaging infrared detection capability for processing and disseminating missile early warning, alerting, and cueing information data to combatant commanders and missile defense assets ...
NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System (STS), was the United States government's crewed launch vehicle until its retirement in 2011. The winged Space Shuttle orbiter was launched vertically, usually carrying five to seven astronauts (eight have been carried) and up to 50,000 lb (22 700 kg) of payload into low Earth orbit.
The NAVWAR Space Field Activity (NSFA) is one of three Echelon III activities under the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWARSYSCOM) of the United States Navy, co-located with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in Chantilly, Virginia.