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Enhancing Responsive Space Capabilities for Military Operations

The 2nd Responsive Space Conference panel, held on April 20, 2004, led by Alok Das of the Air Force Research Laboratory, explored the criticality of responsive space capabilities in addressing unanticipated military needs. The discussion focused on the challenges posed by loss of space capabilities, enemy adaptations, and the necessity for quick-launch satellites for counterspace missions and tactical ISR support. The emerging class of small and micro-satellites offers affordable, deployable solutions that can be integrated into military operations, providing necessary capabilities in real-time combat environments.

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Enhancing Responsive Space Capabilities for Military Operations

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  1. 2nd Responsive Space Conference Needs and Requirements Panel April 20, 2004 Alok Das Air Force Research Laboratory

  2. Responsiveness in Space • Responsive Space – The capability to respond to unanticipated military needs in a timely fashion • Loss of Space Capability • Attack • Failure • Enemy adaptation to existing space capability • Denial • Deception • New enemy capability • Space and terrestrial • New tactics and new theaters

  3. “Capital Asset” Missions • Enduring space services provided by capital asset constellations (1,000-10,000 Kg class) • Comm (MILSATCOM), Navigation (GPS), ISR (DSP, SBIRS, SBR, National Technical Means), Weather (DMSP, NPOESS) • Planning, development, launch (~10 yrs), operates for long time (10-15 yrs) • Responsiveness for these missions entails adaptability to changing needs and protection against unanticipated threats

  4. Responsive Missions • There are an emerging class of missions which require a new satellite to be launched quickly: • Counterspace • Space situational awareness, defensive, offensive • Enhancement/augmentation of capital assets, surge capability • “Tandem-cluster” concepts, limited capability gap fillers • Tailored tactical systems for the joint user • High tempo tactical ISR, Blue Force Tracking (BFT) • Specialized comm support • Tailored mission capabilities for unique attributes of a conflict Small & Micro-satellites Offer an Affordable Solution to These Responsive Mission Needs

  5. Tactical Space - Desired Attributes • Responsive: • Deployable and employable on the time scale of the military operation being supported • Affordable: • Useful tactical resources must be expendable • Cost comparable to other tactical systems, UAVs ? • Employable: • Assets must be controlled by the supported Joint Force Commander • Integrated space/air/terrestrial system-of-systems • Full network connectivity, dynamic bandwidth on demand • Augments other assets (National Security Space systems, UAVs etc In Inventory…..Produced in Quantity……Employable in Hours

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