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National Space Defense Center (NSDC)

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The National Space Defense Center (NSDC) is a subordinate center of U.S. Space Forces - Space responsible for coordinating military, intelligence, civil, and commercial space for unified space defense operations.

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All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.

Space System Command’s Cross Mission Data branch, the National Space Defense Center, Headquarters Space Delta 2, the 18th and 19th Space Defense Squadrons, and L3Harris teams in Colorado Springs collaborated to attain CODA trial period entry.

PlanRelationshipsValue 3.0Jul 22, 2024Space Operations Command: CODA enters trial period with Space Delta 2 approval

The Senate Armed Services Committee bill requires the Department of Defense to designate a Program Executive Officer for Space Command, Control, and Integration to acquire a system to support a combined operations center at the National Space Defense Center.

LegalPlanValue 4.2Jun 15, 2024Senate Armed Services Committee advances 2025 defense policy bill

JCO‑U.S. was established in 2020 to augment the space‑tracking capabilities of Space Command’s National Space Defense Center.

CapabilityValue 3.0Jun 26, 2023U.K. joins U.S. Space Command’s commercial space-tracking cell

One one-year contract extension is $32,700,000 for commercial software licenses to support Space Command and Control and space situational awareness for users at the National Space Defense Center and the Combined Space Operations Center.

RelationshipsFinancialCapabilityValue 4.5Jun 17, 2023Space Force extends Palantir’s data-as-a-service contracts

Space Delta 15 is a command-and-control organization within Space Operations Command that provides mission-ready forces in support of the National Space Defense Center’s protect and defend space mission.

GeneralGovernanceValue 3.0Jun 1, 2023Department of the Air Force announces preferred locations for STARCOM HQ, three Deltas

GSSAP-5 and GSSAP-6 will provide space domain awareness data to the National Space Defense Center at Schriever Space Force Base and other national users to enhance safe navigation within the GEO belt.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 21, 2022U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s Next Two Northrop Grumman-Built GSSAP Satellites Launched To Geosynchronous Orbit By ULA

The Joint Task Force Space Defense, commanded by Army Brig. Gen. Thomas James, operates the National Space Defense Center jointly with the National Reconnaissance Office.

RelationshipsGovernanceValue 4.0Nov 2, 2020Top commander of U.S. space forces: Space should be peaceful, bad actors will be held accountable

The U.S. Space Force’s 2021 budget includes $88,000,000 for upgrades to the National Space Defense Center.

FinancialPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 15, 2020Raymond: A continuing resolution is problematic for the Space Force

The Kobayashi Maru space data services will be tested at the Combined Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and at the National Space Defense Center at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.6Apr 20, 2020Palantir to provide data and software services to U.S. Space Force

L3Harris has technical experts and personnel deployed at the National Space Defense Center at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado Springs and at the Combined Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.2Feb 29, 2020L3Harris wins $1.2 billion contract to maintain, upgrade space surveillance systems

The National Space Defense Center was established in 2016.

GeneralValue 2.0Feb 11, 2020U.S. Space Force, Space Command to get state-of-the-art facility in Colorado

The National Space Defense Center opened in January 2018 to combine military and intelligence resources to gather and share data about threats to U.S. satellites and supporting infrastructure.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.2Jun 30, 2019U.S. Space Command’s major components will be based in California and Colorado

Orbital Atlas will be tested at the Combined Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and at the National Space Defense Center at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado.

PlanValue 3.0Apr 7, 2019Air Force selects Slingshot Aerospace to bring artificial intelligence into space surveillance

To staff U.S. Space Command in fiscal year 2020, the Defense Department will transfer 587 military personnel and civilians from the National Space Defense Center, the Joint Force Space Component Command, the Joint Navigation Warfare Center, and other organizations.

GrowthGovernanceValue 3.0Mar 12, 20192020 Budget: Pentagon requests $14.1 billion for space

The National Space Defense Center is seeking space situational awareness data for all altitudes, all longitudes, and all latitudes on a 24/7 basis.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.5Sep 18, 2018Air Force eyes commercial options to gain intelligence on space threats
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