10SWS Mission Brief.pdf

10th Space Warning Squadron

Mission Brief

“Home of the Spartans”

We are small and isolated, but we operate the most capable radar in the world.

Cavalier Space Force Station

Mission and Vision

Space Delta 4 Mission

Provide strategic and theater missile warning to the United States and our International Partners

10 SWS Mission

Provide flawless missile warning and space domain awareness to enable space combat operations

10 SWS Vision

America’s Premier Space Warning Squadron – Driving Excellence Today and Tomorrow

Safeguard Timeline

1967 Anti-ballistic Missile System deployment decision

1969 President Nixon announces Safeguard Program

1970-1973 PAR Site Missile Site Radar and missile batteries construction

1975 Sep - PAR fully operational; operated by US Army

Oct - Safeguard Program Fully operational

- Congress votes to deactivate Safeguard Program

1976 Feb - Missile Site Radar shut down

- Deactivated; PAR kept for dual mission

Mission History

Missile Site Radar (MSR)

Located 25 miles SW of CSFS at Nekoma, ND

Missile Site Radar

Power Plant

Sprint Missile Field Short range missiles Spartan Missile Field

Long range missiles

Remote Sprint Launch (RSL)

Sprint Field

Safeguard in Action

Post-Safeguard Timeline

1977 Oct - Mission transferred to Air Force; Installation remained with Army

Dec - Spacetrack mission added

1977-1983 Strategic Air Command

1983-2019 Air Force Space Command

2007 Installation transferred to Air Force

2019 US Space Force established

2020 Jul - Unit reorganization; Aligned under Space Delta 4

2021 Jul – Installation transferred to Space Force; re-named Cavalier Space Force Station

United States Space Force

Space Delta 4 Missile Warning

Host Base Support

• Security

• Contracting

• Finance

• Personnel

• Supply

• Civil Engineering

• Medical

• HAWC

• Comm

• Chaplain

• Defense Reutilization Marketing Office

• Explosive Ordinance Disposal

• Helicopter Access

• Hazardous Waste Disposal

• Precision Measurement Equip Lab

Grand Forks AFB Minot AFB

USSPACECOM Mission

Deter…Conflict Defeat…Aggression Deliver…Space Combat Power for the Force Defend…US Vital Interests with Allies & Partners

Joint Task Force Space Defense

(JTF-SD)

National Space Defense Center

(NSDC)

Combat effectiveness in, from, and through space

"Execute operational command and control of space forces to achieve theater and global objectives."

CFSCC/SpOC West Vandenberg SFB, CA

ADCON

Operational Reporting

Force Structure

Chief of Space Operations (CSO)

Space Operations Command (SPOC) Peterson SFB, CO

Space Delta 2 SDA Peterson SFB, CO

Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF)Secretary of Defense (SECDEF)

Space Delta 3 SEW Peterson SFB, CO

Space Delta 4 MW Buckley SFB, CO

Space Delta 5 C2 Vandenberg SFB, CA

Space Delta 6 Cyber Ops Schriever SFB, CO

Missile Warning Center Cheyenne Mountain SFS, CO

Space Delta 8 SATCOM NAVWAR Schriever SFB, CO

Space Delta 7 ISR Peterson SFB, CO

Space Delta 9 OW Schriever SFB, CO

18 Space Control Squadron Vandenberg SFB, CA

MW C2

Space C2

Sensor Manager

Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC)

Vandenberg SFB, CA

PARCS System Overview

Facts

Array Diameter: 116 ft.

Building Height: 125 ft.

Transmitters: 16

TWTs: 128

Max Power: 25,600 kW

FOV: 1.9º – 95º el

298º – 78º az

Max Range: 3,300 Km (2,050 miles)

Antenna

Elements: 6,888

PARCS Weapon System Capabilities

PARRange 408 km – 3300 km

Location Lat. = 48.726 ° Long. = 97.9 °

Orientation (Boresight) Azimuth = 8 ° Elevation = 25 °

Search Types

- Volumetric Search

- High-Elevation Fence

- Local Search

313° - 63° Normal Search

303° - 73° PACS

298° - 78° Maximum Track

Missile Warning Reporting

Mission Ground StationMissile Warning Center Cheyenne Mountain SFS

Radar

Warhead Missile Launch

Ground Based Radar Network

Clear SFS

Beale AFB

PARCS – Cavalier SFS

UEWR

PARCS

RAF Fylingdales

Cape Cod SFS

Thule AB Primary Mission: Missile Warning

Cavalier SFS

LEGEND

Tracking Radar Detection Radar Imaging Radar Optical Telescope

Space Surveillance Network (SSN)

Dedicated Collateral Contributing

SSN C2

Dedicated Int’l

Cavalier

SAPPHIRE

CSpOC

STSS

Thule

LSSC

Cape Cod

DSC2-D

Beale

COBRA DANE

Shemya, AK

GSSAP SV 1-4SBSS

Block 10

Fylingdales

Diego Garcia

GEODSS

(Det 2)

Eglin

GLOBUS II

Clear

Reagan Test Site/Altair Kwajalein Atoll

GEODSS

(Det 3)

Ascension Island

GEODSS

(Det 1)

Harold E. Holt C-Band Radar

MSSS

Secondary Mission: Space Surveillance

SST

FOC: 2021

Space Fence

01/19 04/19 07/19 10/19 01/20 04/20 07/20 09/20

Month

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

40000

PHASED ARRAY: NE TRACKS/DAY

EGL

CAV

COD

BLE

FYL

THL

SHY

CRU

SFK

Most NE (OBS & Tracks)/Day: 1. Cavalier, 2. Eglin, 3. Space Fence

SFK Trial Period Start

Note: 5-digit objects only

01/19 04/19 07/19 10/19 01/20 04/20 07/20 09/20

Month

10000

100000

PHASED ARRAY: NE OBS/DAY

EGL

CAV

COD

BLE

FYL

THL

SHY

CRU

SFK

Round-the-Clock Manning

O&M Contractor

Other Contractors

• Ops Center Crew (2)

• Entry Point Controller (1)

• Internal Security Response Team (2)

• External Security Response Team (2)

• MWOC Support Technician (1)

• Cyber Security Liaison (2)

• Power Plant Controllers (2)

• Law Enforcement (2)

• Fire Department (9 + 2 on call)

Military

Mission Essential = 23 + 2 on call *10 inside Radar/Power plant

Questions?