Summary
The National Space Defense Center (NSDC) is a subordinate center of United States Space Command's Joint Task Force–Space Defense. It is responsible for coordinating military, intelligence, civil, and commercial space for unified space defense operations. The NSDC is located at Schriever Space Force Base, outside of Colorado Springs.
| National Space Defense Center | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the National Space Defense Center | |
| Founded | 1 October 2015; 8 years, 6 months[1] |
| Country |  United States |
| Role | Space defense |
| Part of |  Joint Task Force–Space Defense |
| Headquarters | Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, U.S. |
| Commanders | |
| Director | Col Stephen G. Lyon |
| Deputy Director | Col Matthew P. Bruno[2] |
| Vice Commander | Lt Col Patrick Gaynor[3] |
| Senior Enlisted Leader | SMSgt Kristopher-Michael K. Kainoa[4] |
| Insignia | |
| Space Delta 15 |  |
Mission edit
The National Space Defense Center integrates Department of Defense, multiple agencies, and Intelligence Community personnel and authorities to enable unified space defense. The National Space Defense Center executes mission orders received from the joint space tasking order (JSTO) and NRO space tasking order.[5]
History edit
Initially established as the Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center (JICSpOC) on 1 October 2015, it was intended to improve processes and procedures, ensuring data fusion among DoD, intelligence community, interagency, allied and commercial space entities.[1]
On 1 April 2017, the JICSpOC was renamed the National Space Defense Center, to better clarify its role and eliminate confusion with the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC).[6]
On 9 July 2019, the NSDC dedicated its operations floor and a warfighter library to Senior Master Sergeant Harold Robert Mosley II.[7] Mosley was the NSDC's Senior Enlisted Leader in 2018. He died on 23 November 2018 in a rock climbing accident.[8]
List of commanders edit
| No. | Commander | Term | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Duration | ||
| 1 | Colonel Todd Brost | 1 October 2015 | 6 September 2018 | 6 years, 263 days | [9] | |
| 2 | Colonel Mitchell D. Stratton | 6 September 2018 | August 2020 | ~1 year, 344 days | [9] | |
| 3 | Colonel Scott D. Brodeur | August 2020 | August 2020 | ~1 year, 330 days | ||
| 4 | Colonel Stephen G. Lyon | 11 July 2022 | Incumbent | ~1 year, 282 days | [10] | |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "New Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center to be establish". U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-p-bruno/
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-gaynor-5399b2183/
- ^ https://www.spoc.spaceforce.mil/Biographies/Display/Article/3340936/senior-master-sergeant-kristopher-michael-k-kainoa
- ^ "Space Operations" (PDF). www.jcs.mil. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ "The JICSpOC is dead; Long live the National Space Defense Center". SpaceNews.com. 4 April 2017.
- ^ "(Archived) Schriever Space Force Base > Home".
- ^ "Senior enlisted leader at space center dies while rock climbing". 27 November 2018.
- ^ a b "NSDC welcomes new leadership".
- ^ "NSDC gains new director". Joint Task Force-Space Defense.