Transcript Fourteenth Air Force Technology … the enabler of SSA 14 Air Force

14th Air Force
(Air Forces Strategic)
This Briefing is UNCLASSIFIED
Fourteenth Air Force
Technology … the enabler of SSA
Lt Gen Willie Shelton
14 AF (AFSTRAT)/CC
3 December 2008
This Briefing is UNCLASSIFIED
Integrity – Service - Excellence
14 AF (AFSTRAT) Mission
CONTROL AND EXPLOIT
SPACE FOR GLOBAL AND
THEATER OPERATIONS
• Component-NAF to USSTRATCOM &
JFCC SPACE for space operations
• Plan, task, direct, synchronize &
execute space operations including:
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C2 of assigned & attached Space Forces
Space Superiority
Space Situational Awareness & Missile Warning
Satellite & Network Operations
Space Launch & Range Operations
• Organize, Train, & Assure Readiness
of Space Forces
• Support AEF Deployments
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Command/Support Relationships
AFSPC
(COMAFFOR)
USSTRATCOM
Supporting &
Supported
Space
Coordinating
Authority
Direct Support
JSpOC Horizontal
614 AOC
& Vertical
Integration
SPACE WINGS
Assigned / Attached
Forces
Synergized
Tactical
Execution
ARSTRAT
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Space
Coordinating
Authority*
JFACC
DIRSPACEFOR
JFSOCC
JFMCC
JFCC SPACE
JFC
JFLCC
14 AF
(AFSTRAT)
Geographic
Geographic
Combatant
Geographic
Geographic
CDRs
COCOM
COCOM
COCOM
JAOC
Assigned / Attached
Assigned
/ Attached
Forces
Assigned
/ Attached
Forces
Assigned
/ Attached
Forces
Forces
NAVNETWARCOM
* Assuming JFC Delegates SCA to JFACC
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Scenario # 1
• Nation X covertly rolls out mobile TEL w/ booster
• US not postured due to lack of I&W
• First warning: DSP satellites
• What is it? Where is it going?
• Further tracking: space launch
• Is it a threat to US/Allied spacecraft?
• Booster burnout, tracking ends
• No radar coverage, so how do we proceed?
• Phone conversations to verify health of assets
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Scenario # 2
• High value US LEO spacecraft suddenly stops transmitting
• Telemetry indicates quick rise in temp just prior
• Further analysis: spacecraft was over Nation Y laser research
facility at time of failure
• Challenge: Anomaly or laser attack? Accident?
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Scenario # 3
• US satellite in HEO is a “no-show” at scheduled tracking time
• Over open ocean after last SSN track
• Multiple pieces later tracked
• Questions: Explosion? Attack? Debris?
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The Space Environment
~1957-61
Today
~2025
Evolution from few, military only assets to many, multi-agency, civil assets
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“Traffic Management” Example
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Routine orbital conjunction screening revealed possible
conjunction between an active US Weather Satellite and a
piece of debris of unknown origin
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Close conjunction predicted for 7 Aug 08
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42 meter predicted miss distance
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Approx 14,400 MPH closing velocity of the approach
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Satellite did not have capability to perform collision
avoidance maneuvers
Post-event analysis shows final miss distance at time of
closest approach only 67 meters
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Need for Protection
(Dependence and Risk
Vulnerability)
“United States national security is critically dependent on space capabilities,
and this dependence will grow.”
National Space Policy, 2006
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Space utilization is growing, increasing exposure to hazards within the
medium, while technology drives the threat
– Access to space is cheaper & more widely available
– Space is more crowded than ever (18,000+ man-made objects, including debris)
– Improved & smaller spacecraft technologies provide challenges
– Jamming, attacks on ground sites, ASATs, High Energy Lasers, NUDETs
DEPENDENCE
on Space Assets
Create
INCREASING RISK
OPERATIONAL &
PHYSICAL
VULNERABILITIES
Demand
PROTECTION
of Space Assets
from Environmental Hazards
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Protection is about Preservation—requires Recognition & Attribution
– Must be able to say an event “will, is or has” & answer “who, what (threat or
hazard), why, how, when & where”
– Early recognition allows preservation—attribution enables response
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Enabling Space Superiority
SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
Intelligence
Environment
Space
System
SPACEStatus
Surveillance
CAPABILITIES
CREATE EFFECTS
C2
TO ACHIEVE
SPACE SUPERIORITY
DCS
SSA
OCS
Space Control
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Vision for SSA/Space C2
ENABLES ACTION
METRIC / SURV
GRND SYS
LINKS & NODES
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Protect
Assets
Maneuver
Assets
Change
Tasking
OPERATIONAL UDOP
TACTICAL
COA TOOLS
WEATHER
Attribute Events
INTEL (All Source)
Actor / Natural Event / Sys Failure
GRAY SPACE
Modeling & Decision
Tools
RED SPACE
Near Real-time Fusion
REAL TIME UPDATES
BLUE SPACE
OPERATIONAL
COA TOOLS
STRATEGIC UDOP
Diplomatic
Actions
TACTICAL UDOP
Net-centric from the outset
Eliminate
Threat
Go on Alert
FULL SPECTRUM RESPONSE
Combatant
Cmdr Reqs
that
NETCENTRIC C2 CAPABILITIES
INFORMATION
COLLABORATIVE DECISION ENVIRONMENT
becomes
STRATEGIC
COA TOOLS
DATA
Continue
to Monitor
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JFCC SPACE Synchronization
COCOM Needs
• Weather
• Blue Space Picture
• Red/Grey Picture
• Debris Tracking
COA Development
Space Ops Directive
Master Space Plan
Joint Space Tasking Order
COA Selection
Execution Assessment
Retasking
JSpOC
Space
Situational
Awareness
Command
and
Control
Shared Situational Awareness
• Strategic, Operational, Tactical
• Enable UDOP
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Defensive Counterspace
• Tactical Units (Joint)
• NRO
• Civil/Commercial
• Allies
Offensive Counterspace
• Tactical Units (Joint)
• Deny Space Advantages
Routine Space Ops
• Tactical Units (Joint)
• Create Desired Effects
• Dynamic Tasking
Mission Partner interface
Execute
Monitor
JSpOC
Plan
Assess
•AFSPC
NRO
•NOAA
DIA
•AFWA
FAA
•US DOT
DOS
•CFE
NORAD
•STRAT
COCOMS
•ARMY
NAVY
•CIA
NSA
•NGA
NASA
•FOREIGN
NASIC
•COMMERCIAL
•SPECIAL
JFCC SPACE supports National, Strategic, Theater, and
Tactical Operations
Integrity - Service - Excellence
Conclusion
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Threats are real and exist
today!
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Pre-season is over – regular
season has begun
Robust, all-source Intel
+
High resolution, timely space
surveillance
=
Enabling SSA
Conjunction analysis
Launch Ops
Satellite Ops
SSA
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Threat Determination
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