{"id":16481,"date":"2020-05-21T18:48:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T18:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/21\/space-command-takes-over-operation-olympic-defender\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:47:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:47:54","slug":"space-command-takes-over-operation-olympic-defender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2020\/05\/21\/space-command-takes-over-operation-olympic-defender\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Command takes over Operation Olympic Defender"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recently reestablished U.S. Space Command is officially taking over Operation Olympic Defender \u2014 a U.S. Strategic Command effort to cooperate with America\u2019s closest allies in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a major milestone for the newly established command,\u201d said Gen. John \u201cJay\u201d Raymond, the head of Space Force. \u201cAs the threats in the space domain continue to evolve, it is important we leverage and synchronize capabilities with our allies not only to understand each other\u2019s national perspectives, but to work seamlessly together to optimize our multinational space efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under Operation Olympic Defender, America is leading a coalition of allied space-faring nations to work together to deter hostile acts in space, strengthen deterrence against hostile actors and reduce the spread of debris orbiting Earth. The operation is centered at SPACECOM\u2019s Combined Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link smg-interstitial-link--fallback wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/space\/2020\/05\/15\/want-to-be-space-commands-new-home-heres-the-criteria\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__fallback-link\">Want to be Space Command\u2019s new home? Here are the criteria.<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Operation Olympic Defender was technically transitioned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2019\/08\/20\/space-command-to-launch-aug-29\/\" target=_blank>SPACECOM when it was established in August 2019<\/a>, the new command opted to wait until it was more mature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe just signed that order from U.S. Space Command &#8230; fully transferring that out of U.S. Strategic Command\u2019s purview and into Space Command,\u201d Raymond told reporters in a May 20 Defense Writers Group conference call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The need for cooperation with allies in space is more important than ever with the increased congestion of the domain and the growing number of anti-satellite threats displayed by adversaries, according to SPACECOM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur operations and activities in the warfighting domain of space are becoming ever more complex, due to adversary anti-satellite missile threats, electromagnetic inference of many kinds, new \u2018mega constellations,\u2019 human space flight, and the thousands of pieces of near-earth space debris traveling ten times faster than the average bullet speed,\u201d said Maj. Gen. John Shaw, the head of Combined Force Space Component Command. \u201cGiven this increasing complexity, and the ascending importance of the space domain to our nations\u2019 economies and security, it is essential we work together as an Allied team to synchronize our space activities and respond collectively to threats in, to, and through space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2019\/07\/18\/uk-us-militaries-join-forces-to-keep-the-upper-hand-in-space\/\" target=_blank>The United Kingdom was the first nation to enter the coalition<\/a>, joining Operation Olympic Defender in July. 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