Combined Force Space Component Command

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Combined Force Space Component Command
Seal of the Combined Force Space Component Command.svg
Combined Force Space Component Command shield
Active29 August 2019–6 December 2023
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Branch United States Space Force
TypeSubordinate command
RoleTactical control of space forces
Size17,000 personnel [1]
Part of Combined Joint Task Force–Space Operations
Headquarters Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, U.S. [1]
Insignia
Flag Flag of the Combined Force Space Component Command.svg

The Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC) was a U.S.-led multinational [2] [3] subordinate command of United States Space Command. It was responsible for tactical control of American and multinational space forces. The CFSCC's mission was to "plan, integrate, conduct, and assess global space operations in order to deliver combat relevant space capabilities to Combatant Commanders, Coalition partners, the Joint Force, and the Nation." [4] It was established on 29 August 2019.

Contents

The United States Space Force's Space Operations Command West served as the headquarters and staff for the Combined Force Space Component Command. [5]

CFSCC was inactivated on 6 December 2023 with the activation of United States Space Forces – Space. [6] [7] [8] On 8 January 2024, a ceremony was held to inactivate CFSCC. [9]

Structure

The Combined Force Space Component Command's included four centers:

History

The Combined Force Space Component Command was established immediately after the establishment of United States Space Command on August 29, 2019. In addition to having tactical control of Space Force, Army, Navy, and multinational forces, the CFSCC also plans and executes space operations. The CFSCC both executes space operations and integrates space effects and support within the existing combatant commands. The CFSCC also provides support to, and receives support from, Coalition operations centers including the Australian Space Operations Centre, part of Headquarters Joint Operations Command, Canadian Space Operations Centre, and United Kingdom Space Operations Centre.

In addition the CFSCC commands and controls assigned multinational forces in support of Operation Olympic Defender. Olympic Defender is aimed at "strengthening allies’ abilities to deter hostile actions by rivals." [10] British Defense Minister Penny Mordaunt told delegates to a July 2019 conference that "over the next 18 months.. Britain will send eight personnel" to the CFSCC to help "“strengthen deterrence against hostile actors in space." [10] Olympic Defender, dating to 2013, "coordinate[s] allies’ efforts to protect key satellites." [11]

The CFSCC specifically commands space domain awareness, space electronic warfare, satellite communications, missile warning, nuclear detonation detection, environmental monitoring, military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, navigation warfare, command and control, and positioning, navigation, and timing. [1]

A ceremony recognizing the establishment of the CFSCC occurred on October 1, 2019 at Vandenberg AFB. [12]

Listed featured units on the CFSCC's webpage include the Combined Space Operations Center/Space Delta 5; the Commercial Integration Cell (CIC); the three other operations centers listed above; the U.S. Army 1st Space Brigade; Space Deltas 2, 3, 4, and 8; and the U.S. Army Satellite Operations Brigade (which is being transferred to the Space Force [13] ).

The Commercial Integration Cell (CIC) enables operational and technology exchange between operators at the Combined Space Operations Center and commercial satellite owner operator partners to assist real‐time and near real‐time information flow during daily routine operations and to enable rapid, informed response to critical unplanned space events or other activities.

List of commanders

No.CommanderTermService branch
PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTerm length
1
Maj Gen Stephen N. Whiting (2).jpg
Major General
Stephen Whiting 		29 August 201920 November 201983 days Military service mark of the United States Air Force.svg
U.S. Air Force
2
Maj Gen John E. Shaw.jpg
Major General
John E. Shaw 		20 November 201916 November 2020362 days Military service mark of the United States Air Force.svg
U.S. Air Force
3
Maj Gen DeAnna M. Burt (2).jpg
Major General
DeAnna Burt 		16 November 202022 August 20221 year, 279 days United States Space Force emblem.png
U.S. Space Force
4
Maj Gen Douglas A. Schiess.jpg
Major General
Douglas Schiess 		22 August 20226 December 20231 year, 106 days United States Space Force emblem.png
U.S. Space Force

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