{"id":28739,"date":"2018-01-30T15:09:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T15:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/30\/the-latest-on-the-pentagons-space-warfare-center\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:27:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:27:53","slug":"the-latest-on-the-pentagons-space-warfare-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/sensors\/2018\/01\/30\/the-latest-on-the-pentagons-space-warfare-center\/","title":{"rendered":"The latest on the Pentagon\u2019s space warfare center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National Space Defense Center, a collaborative project from the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community to track to monitor threats to U.S. satellites, is now a fully functioning inter-agency operation, according to a January 26 release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have officially transitioned the NSDC from an experiment to a functioning 24\/7\/365 operations center focused on protecting and defending the space domain,\u201d Gen. Jay Raymond, U.S. Strategic Command\u2019s Joint Force Space Component Commander and commander of Air Force Space Command, said in a release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NSDC, originally called the Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center, began as an experiment to <\/a>coordinate space defense efforts between the Department of Defense, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the Intelligence Community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawmakers and Pentagon leaders have become increasingly concerned in recent years about threats to U.S. satellites, particularly from Russia and China. Last week, a French space commander said that country\u2019s satellites have been approached<\/a> on orbit by satellites from other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t meant to be too dismal, but I\u2019ve been in too many classified briefings,\u201d Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, said in October, while discussing the national security space environment.
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