The Secretary of Defense's Office of Force Transformation (OFT) and the Naval Research Laboratory, in concert with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), are expanding their development of and experimentation with operationally responsive tactical microsatellite systems. Key elements of this system include: modular payloads, a highly automated satellite bus, common payload and launcher interfaces, launch on demand, and direct tasking and data dissemination using the Secret Internet Protocol Routing Network (SIPRNET). This system ultimately integrates space assets into the forces so that the Joint Task Force (JTF) Commander can call up assets by deciding the payload capability required, the area of interest, the area for direct downlink, and the date the assets must be operational. This article provides an overview of this experimentation, and a roadmap for where operationally responsive space is going.


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    Title :

    Operationally Responsive Tactical Microsatellites


    Contributors:
    T. M. Duffey (author) / M. S. Hurley (author)

    Publication date :

    2005


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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