SEW 101 Day 1

Question 1

What is the headquarters of space Delta 3?

Answer 1

Peterson SFB, CO

Question 2

Name the 4 squadrons the fall under Space Delta 3.

Answer 2

3 CTS, 4 EWS, 5 EWS, 16 EWS

Question 3

What is squadron 3 CTS responsible for?

Answer 3

For training all members of Delta 3

Question 4

What is squadron 4 EWS responsible for?

Answer 4

• Offensive
• Trains, equips, and mobilizes, to employ SEW capabilities in order to support full spectrum national security objectives.
  “Provides offensive SEW capabilities”

Question 5

What is squadron 5 EWS responsible for?

Answer 5

• 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”

Question 6

What is 16 EWS responsible for?

Answer 6

• 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”

Question 7

Captain Midnight

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Due to the actions of John R MacDougall also known as Captain midnight Congress passed the ________________________.

Answer 8

Electronic communication, privacy act of 1986

Question 9

France & Iran Incident

Answer 9

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

Question 10

ITU

Answer 10

• 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.

Question 11

ITU frequency band

Answer 11

o Ultra High Frequency
o Super High Frequency
o Extremely High Frequency

Question 12

IEEE

Answer 12

Institute of electrical and electronics engineers

Question 13

What are the frequency letter band nomenclatures that the IEEE uses to describe bands?

Answer 13

• L S C X KU K KA
• Lemonade stand Can Xray, KU, K, KA

Question 14

Give the range of GHz for each letter.

L S C X KU K KA

Answer 14

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

Question 15

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Answer 15

A to M

Question 16

What does a NJFA regulate?

Answer 16

Military access to frequencies, this includes wartime operations.

Question 17

ITU constitution fully recognizes ________

Answer 17

The sovereign right of each state to regulate its own telecommunication

Question 18

Spectrum management requires regulation of the_____, _______, and ______levels.

Answer 18

National, regional, global

Question 19

The US spectrum is managed by the_____ for non-government use in the ______ for government use.

Answer 19

FCC, NTIA

Question 20

Allocation

Answer 20

assigned frequency range to a service

Question 21

Assignment

Answer 21

Designated frequency for particular entity (GPS)