Military Space Programs: Issues Concerning DOD's SBIRS and STSS Programs

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Abstract:

The Department of Defenses DODs programs to develop new satellites to alert U.S. military commanders to foreign missile launches, and to support missile defense objectives, are controversial because of cost growth and schedule slippage. SBIRS-High, managed by the Air Force, would replace existing Defense Support Program early warning satellites. The Space Tracking and Surveillance System STSS, formerly SBIRS-Low, managed by the Missile Defense Agency, would perform missile tracking and target discrimination for missile defense objectives. The SBIRS-High program has breached Nunn-McCurdy cost growth limits several times, resulting in several program restructurings. This is the final edition of this report.

Author(s):
Smith, Marcia S.
Author Organization(s):
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
Descriptive Note:
Congressional rept.
Pagination:
0007

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
CRS/DC-RS21148
Monitor Series:
CRS/DC
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_7.1.1_Prevent Kinetic Attack; JCA_7.1_Prevent; JCA_7_Protection; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_6.3.3_Spectrum Management; JCA_3.2.2_Non-Kinetic Means; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_8.2_Shape
Modernization Areas:
Space
Communities of Interest:
Space
Descriptor(s):
*DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, *SPACE SURVEILLANCE, *TARGET DISCRIMINATION, *GUIDED MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS, *GUIDED MISSILE TRACKING SYSTEMS, *ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES, GUIDED MISSILES, SPACE MISSIONS, EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS, GUIDED MISSILE DETECTION, MILITARY COMMANDERS, DEFENSE SYSTEMS, TRACKING, MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN), GUIDED MISSILE LAUNCHERS, MILITARY OPERATIONS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Antimissile Defense Systems, Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics, Unmanned Spacecraft
Keyword(s):
*EARLY WARNING SATELLITE SYSTEMS, FOREIGN MISSILE LAUNCHES, STSS(SPACE TRACKING AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM), DSP(DEFENSE SUPPORT PROGRAM)
Report Date:
2006 Jan 30
Creation Date:
2006 Oct 11