https://spacewatch.global/tag/u-s-space-command-usspacecom/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:54:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/u-s-space-command-usspacecom/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/usspacecom-takes-operational-control-of-new-facility-in-huntsville-alabama-for-its-jise-team/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73438 USSPACECOM has taken operational control of a facility at Redstone Arsenal, marking the first operational element of its headquarters transition to Huntsville.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-opinion-japans-new-space-domain-mission-unit-and-security-in-the-indo-pacific-region/ Thu, 21 May 2020 11:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22420 Japan’s establishment of the Space Domain Mission Unit, which is planned to become fully operational in 2023, reflects the country’s increasing reliance on space systems to meet its security needs. It could emerge as a key actor in the defence of space assets in the Indo-Pacific.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/japan-stands-up-its-first-military-space-operations-squadron/ Thu, 21 May 2020 05:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22715 The Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) and Ministry of Defense (MoD) stood up the country’s first Space Operations Squadron – the first component of Japan’s Space Domain Mission Unit (SDMU) – in a ceremony presided by the Japanese Minister of Defense Taro Kono on 18 May 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacewatchgl-opinion-nato-and-outer-space-what-now/ Sun, 26 Apr 2020 11:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21880 By Frank A. Rose At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) December 2019 Leader’s Summit in London, leaders acknowledged that technology is rapidly changing the international security environment, stating: “To stay secure, we must look to the future together. We are addressing the breadth and scale of new technologies to maintain our technological edge.”  Leaders […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/irans-military-satellite-launch-full-of-surprises/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 05:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21858 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had launched a military satellite on the morning (Iranian time) of 22 April 2020 on board a previously unknown satellite launch vehicle the IRGC calls Qassed.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacewatchgl-opinion-russias-nudol-asat-test-a-short-analysis/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 11:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21730 Recently, Russia announced that it will conduct a test of its Nudol ASAT system on 15 April 2020. In fact, such a test was subsequently carried out. The ground-based ballistic missile took off from its test site in Plesetsk, in north-western Russia.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/russia-tests-pl-19-nudol-direct-ascent-asat-system/ Fri, 17 Apr 2020 05:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21651 Russia reportedly tested its A-235 PL-19 Nudol direct-ascent antisatellite (ASAT) weapon system on 15 April 2020, according to U.S. Space Command and independent observers.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/us-space-force-debuts-first-offensive-weapons-system/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 06:00:01 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20617 The first offensive weapon system in the United States Space Force, the Counter Communications System Block 10.2, achieved Initial Operating Capability on 9 March 2020, providing quick reaction capability with direct operational support to the warfighter.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/japan-to-stand-up-space-domain-mission-unit-in-april-2020-to-counter-threats-to-satellites/ Thu, 23 Jan 2020 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18770 In remarks made marking the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the United States and Japan at both a commemorative ceremony and in the Japanese Diet, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged that Japan will make efforts to counter threats in space and cyberspace and that the Japanese Self Defense Forces (SDF) will stand up its Space Domain Mission Unit (SDMU) in April 2020, with the aim of having it fully operational by 2022.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/u-s-space-command-expands-alliances-through-multinational-operations/ Mon, 06 Jan 2020 06:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18318 National security in the space domain continues to expand its operational coordination and capabilities between the U.S. Space Command and allied nations.]]>