Commercial Satellite Status System CS3

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Commercial Satellite StatusSystem (CS3)

• December 7, 2006

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CS3 Overview Agenda

• Introductions
• Background
• SATCOM Monitoring Problems
• The Solution CS3
• Telemetry Monitoring
• Real Time Telemetry Displays
• Operational Effects
• Warfighter Feedback

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CS3 Overview IntroductionsThe CS3 Team
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CS3 Overview Background

• Majority of DoD SATCOM provided by commercial
  platforms
• Demand for satellite communications has increased
  from
• Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC)
• Weapons System that provides centralized C2
  Joint Space Forces
• Operated by the Joint Functional Component
  Command for Space (JFCC SPACE)
• Part of the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
  at Vandenberg AFB, California
• Reports to CDR JFCC SPACE (Major General William
  Shelton)
• Global SATCOM Support Center (GSSC)
• Provides Joint Forces with global SATCOM system
  status
• Maintains situational awareness for SATCOM
  planned and current operations
• Supports satellite anomaly resolution and
  management
• Facilitates SATCOM interface to DoD IO
  infrastructure

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CS3 Overview SATCOM Monitoring ProblemDoD
Perspective

• DoD gets no commercial satellite telemetry and
  transponder data for status monitoring
• Current commercial reporting is very limited
• Substantial gap in Space Situational Awareness
  (SSA)
• System anomalies or hostile actions are difficult
  to detect
• Collision avoidance operations currently done
  with orbit data primarily from the Space
  Surveillance Network (SSN)
• SSN is capacity constrained to satisfy Joint
  Space Control requirements
• Epoch age date of data measured in days vs hours
  for accuracy requirements
• Orbit position data from commercial
  owner/operators can be made available, but is not
  used in element set generation by the Space
  Control Center

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CS3 Overview SATCOM Monitoring
ProblemCommercial Perspective

• Incentives
• DoD leases are a driving force in the SATCOM
  industry
• 179 Transponder Equivalents (TPEs) used by DoD in
  FY 2005
• At 36 Mhz per TPE that is 6.444 GHz of bandwidth
• In FY 2005, DoD spent 330 Million on Commercial
  SATCOM transponder leases
• Spread over 73 commercial COMSATs
• Source 7 Jun 06 Report for Section 818 of PL
  109-1563 by OSD
• DoD is the worlds biggest single SATCOM customer
• Competitive field
• Multiple major global providers
• All provide capability of global transmissions
• All carry DoD communications traffic
• All face the same threats and need the same
  integration with DoD

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CS3 Overview The Solution

• Bring Commercial SATCOM SoH and Payload telemetry
  directly to the warfighter!
• CS3 is a lead in for a broader SSA solution that
  leverages ISIs CCS-C proven legacy software from
  USAF MILSATCOM C2 systems
• Prototype Capabilities
• Consolidates displays COMSAT SoH and
  transponder telemetry
• Orbital ephemeris updates and analysis
  capabilities
• Transponder footprint visualization capabilities
  merged with mapping tools
• Proposed 180 day Op/Eval Demonstration
• Provides basis for DoD and SATCOM industry
  discussion on requirements and CONOPS
• Ties into existing SSA and DCS concepts
• User provided ephemeris for COLA support
• SV telemetry for anomaly analysis and DCS ops

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CS3 Telemetry MonitoringReal Time CONOPS
Top Level screens provide color coded at a glance
monitoring
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CS3 Telemetry MonitoringReal Time CONOPS
Operators drill down for additional status
information on key telemetry points
HMIs are built via simple cut and paste mouse
clicks
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CS3 Overview Operational Effects

• Improved Space Situational Awareness
• Allows access to telemetry and ephemeris data
  from commercial SATCOM assets carrying high
  volume of DoD traffic
• Supports Neighborhood Watch CONOPS
• Improved Conjunction Analysis (COLA)
• High precision ephemeris data allows for more
  accurate conjunction analysis
• Increases Capacity of Space Surveillance Network
• Reduces tasking on commercial SATCOM participant
  satellites in favor of higher priority Red/Gray
  taskings

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Feedback from the Warfighter!

• CS3 first presented at the 2006 Strategic Space
  and Defense Conference in Omaha, NE
• Mr. Gary Payton, Dep. Undersecretary of the AF
  Space Programs
• National Security Space Office (NSSO)
• USSTRATCOM/J35/J66
• USSTRATCOM - Joint Space Operations Center
  (JSpOC)
• Additional Briefings in Colorado Springs, CO
• 1 SPCS/CC
• USSTRATCOM/Global SATCOM Support Center (GSSC)
• Feedback
• On the right trackkeep moving forward.Mr.
  Gary Payton
• Look at a web based solution Net
  CentricJSpOC
• Bring more commercial providers on board for
  better coverage of DoD used systems.USSTRATCOM/G
  SSC

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CS3 Summary

• CS3 answers the call for better integration
  between DoD and commercial SATCOM providers!
• CS3 is a rapid development capability
• Use of existing software products already in
  operational use by DoD and Industry
• Government input into system development welcome
• CS3 is a Low Risk, Low Cost approach with High
  Operational Payoff in space situational awareness
  mission area