What is the headquarters of space Delta 3?
Peterson SFB, CO
Name the 4 squadrons the fall under Space Delta 3.
3 CTS, 4 EWS, 5 EWS, 16 EWS
What is squadron 3 CTS responsible for?
For training all members of Delta 3
What is squadron 4 EWS responsible for?
- Offensive
- Trains, equips, and mobilizes, to employ SEW capabilities in order to support full spectrum national security objectives.
“Provides offensive SEW capabilities”
What is squadron 5 EWS responsible for?
- Secret (SAP)
- Provides combat ready electromagnetic warfare forces to the commander, USSPACECOM, in order to protect and defend US and allied global.
- “Provides both offensive and defensive for Spscecom”
What is 16 EWS responsible for?
- Defensive (Geolocation)
- Combat ready space Warfighters defending the space to Maine with space control systems for a nation, the joint force, and allies.
- “Provides defensive”
Captain Midnight
o John MacDougall, satellite technician, got fed up with the high subscription prices
o Hijacked HBO broadcast system with a message for 4.5 minutes
o He pled guilty to misdemeanor and 1 year probation
o Led to Congress passing the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 = felony
Due to the actions of John R MacDougall also known as Captain midnight Congress passed the ________________________.
Electronic communication, privacy act of 1986
France & Iran Incident
o Iran is a closed society – controls information going to their citizens
o They do not like Western open source news – sees it as a threat
o So, they start jamming France’s satellite, EUTELSAT
o This interferes with France’s BBC Persian language broadcast, they do not like that
o So FR asks ITU (International Telecommunications Union), UN agency that is responsible for radio and satellite frequency, to tell Iran to stop
ITU
- International Telecommunication Union
- UN agency for information and communication technologies (Radio and Satellite)
- Allocates, global radio spectrum in satellite orbs
- Use three letter acronyms to describe frequency bands.
ITU frequency band
o Ultra High Frequency
o Super High Frequency
o Extremely High Frequency
IEEE
Institute of electrical and electronics engineers
What are the frequency letter band nomenclatures that the IEEE uses to describe bands?
- L S C X KU K KA
- Lemonade stand Can Xray, KU, K, KA
Give the range of GHz for each letter.
L S C X KU K KA
L=1-2 GHz
S=2-4 GHz
C=4-8 GHz
X=8-12GHz
KU=12-18 GHz
K=18-26 GHz
KA=26-40GHz
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
A to M
What does a NJFA regulate?
Military access to frequencies, this includes wartime operations.
ITU constitution fully recognizes ________
The sovereign right of each state to regulate its own telecommunication
Spectrum management requires regulation of the_____, _______, and ______levels.
National, regional, global
The US spectrum is managed by the_____ for non-government use in the ______ for government use.
FCC, NTIA
Allocation
assigned frequency range to a service
Assignment
Designated frequency for particular entity (GPS)
