{"id":31762,"date":"2022-04-20T19:34:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T19:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/20\/us-space-force-space-defense-squadron-tasked-to-focus-on-deep-space\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:07:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:07:53","slug":"us-space-force-space-defense-squadron-tasked-to-focus-on-deep-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2022\/04\/20\/us-space-force-space-defense-squadron-tasked-to-focus-on-deep-space\/","title":{"rendered":"US Space Force space defense squadron tasked to focus on deep space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Space Force stood up the 19th Space Defense Squadron this month in Dahlgren, Virginia, to focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/02\/13\/air-force-research-lab-building-momentum-on-cislunar-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\">cislunar space<\/a> domain awareness, Lt. 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Matthew Lintker, the force\u2019s Space Delta 2, said during the April 20 C4ISRNET conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the squadron\u2019s Facebook page, the unit was stood up on April 6, and features an insignia of a Kraken wrapped around the Space Force\u2019s Delta symbol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASA, Space Systems Command and Space Force already have a close relationship when it comes to working on human spaceflight support including collision avoidance for the International Space Station and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/09\/22\/space-force-and-nasa-focused-on-cislunar-space-in-new-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\">exploration of the cislunar domain<\/a>, Lintker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re working with NASA, we\u2019re working with the Air Force Research Lab, Space Systems Command (SSC) to bring in all this expertise that\u2019s out there to improve [space] security and defense,\u201d he said, but specifically within Space Force, the 19th Space Defense Squadron has been tasked to focus on cislunar sensors and systems that end up in that domain because they have \u201ccapacity and bandwidth to focus on that, and that way it\u2019s not coming at the expense of all the other missions that I currently do today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cislunar space is the area between geostationary orbit, which is more than 22,000 miles above the Earth\u2019s surface, and the moon\u2019s orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Department has made a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2019\/08\/27\/the-pentagon-wants-to-solve-a-deep-space-problem-with-three-vehicles\/\" target=\"_blank\"> notable shift in its posture toward cislunar space<\/a> in the last few years \u2013 from viewing potential deep-space threats as part of a far-off future to recognizing that those threats may present much sooner. 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