2SWS Unclassified Mission Brief

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Defense Support Program Satellite Constellation
Presented by Emilio Rivera Jr.
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Space Based Missile Warning
The worlds preeminent Space Warning Squadron -
Meeting the demands of the mission and the needs
of our people through the new millennium
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CONUS Ground Station
Provide continuous and reliable space-based
warning of attack against North America and US
and allied forces worldwide

• Operate CONUS Ground Station (CGS) facilities and
  equipment
• Process missile warning data
• Control DSP satellites
• Route missile warning messages to
• National Command Authorities

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CGS Mission Categories

• Missile Warning
• Detect and Report
• World-Wide Ballistic
• Missile Launches

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CGS Mission Categories
NUDET Detection Detect and Report Endo- and
Exo- Atmospheric Nuclear Detonations
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SBIRS Mission Areas

• MISSILE WARNING
• STRATEGIC
• THEATER
• TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE

• MISSILE DEFENSE
• THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE (TMD)
• NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE (NMD)
• BATTLESPACE CHARACTERIZATION

ICBMs SLBMs
TBMs
OTHER EVENTS
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SBIRS -- Increment 2
OTHER
GEO - 4
GEO (4)
HEO (2)
HEO - 2
DSP
DSP
M3Ps
MGS
MCS
RGS-P
MISSILE WARNING
BATTLESPACE CHARACTERIZATION
SYSTEM USERS
TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE
M3Ps
M3Ps
MODERN PROCESSING ENHANCES PERFORMANCE
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Missile Warning Capabilities

• IMPACT POINT PREDICTION IMPROVES
• DRAMATICALLY AS SBIRS EVOLVES

TODAY
THEATER BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCH AREA
SBIRS HIGH
SBIRS HIGH LOW
MCS/M3P
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Component Breakout
6 (1 officer/5 enlisted)
89
6 (1 officer/5 enlisted)
4 (enlisted)
6 (1 officer/5 enlisted)
4 (enlisted)
Total 135 MN 13 MS 6 AD/AF 66 ARC 15
20 (6 officers/14 enlisted)
2 (1 officer/1 enlisted)
RAU also Assigned 36 Traditional Reservists