Space Delta 6
Space Delta 6 | |
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Founded | 24 July 2020 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Space Force |
Type | Delta |
Role | Cyberspace operations |
Part of | Space Operations Command |
Headquarters | Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, U.S. |
Website | www |
Commanders | |
Commander | Col Roy V. Rockwell |
Superintendent | CMSgt Matthew A. Collingridge[1] |
Insignia | |
Guidon |
Space Delta 6 (DEL 6) is a United States Space Force unit which assures access to space through the $6.8 billion Satellite Control Network and defensive cyberspace capabilities for space mission systems.[2]
Activated on 24 July 2020, the delta is headquartered at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado.[3][4][5] It replaced the 50th Network Operations Group, which had been part of the former 50th Space Wing.[5][6] On 23 June 2021, the , previously under Space Delta 5, was redesignated as the and transferred into Space Delta 6.[7]
Structure[]
Name | Function | Headquarters | Cyberspace systems | Detachments | |
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Squadrons | |||||
21st Space Operations Squadron | Pacific Satellite Control Network operations, Global Positioning System ground infrastructure, Western Range launch support, and defensive cyber operations[8] | Vandenberg Space Force Base, California | Satellite Control Network | Detachment 1: Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory Detachment 2: Joint Region Marianas, Guam Kaena Point Air Force Station, Hawaii Operating Location: Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Marshall Islands | |
22nd Space Operations Squadron | Satellite Control Network command and control[9] | Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado | Satellite Control Network | ||
23rd Space Operations Squadron | Atlantic Satellite Control Network operations, Global Positioning System ground infrastructure, and Eastern Range launch support[10] | New Boston Space Force Station, New Hampshire | Satellite Control Network | Detachment 1: Thule Air Base, Greenland Operating Location: RAF Ascension Island, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Operating Location: RAF Oakhanger, United Kingdom Operating Location: Patrick Space Force Base, Florida | |
61st Cyber Squadron | Defensive cyber operations[2] | Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado | |||
Defensive cyber operations | Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado[11] | ||||
[7] | Military communications[2] | Vandenberg Space Force Base, California |
Commander[]
No. | Commander | Term | Ref | |||
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Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Duration | ||
1 | Colonel Roy V. Rockwell | 24 July 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 151 days | [12] |
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Space Delta 6. |
- ^ {https://www.schriever.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/2735148/chief-master-sergeant-matthew-a-collingridge/
- ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Delta 8 Fact Sheet". Schriever Air Force Base. July 24, 2020. Archived from the original on December 19, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Space Force reorganizes former Air Force space wings into "Deltas" and "Garrisons"". SpaceNews. SpaceNews. July 24, 2020. Archived from the original on July 26, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ^ a b "Space Force Announces Significant Reorganization". Air Force Magazine. July 24, 2020. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ^ "50th SW activates 750th OG". Schriever Air Force Base. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- ^ a b "614th Air & Space Communications Squadron redesignated as 65th Cyber Squadron". Vandenberg Space Force Base. Archived from the original on June 30, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "21st Space Operations Squadron". Schriever Air Force Base. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "22nd Space Operations Squadron". Schriever Air Force Base. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "23rd Space Operations Squadron". Schriever Air Force Base. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "AFCEA SIGNAL Media". AFCEA Chapter News. August 25, 2012. Archived from the original on December 21, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "Colonel Roy V. Rockwell". www.schriever.spaceforce.mil. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
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