National Space Defense Center / Space Delta 15

The National Space Defense Center is a partnership organization, strongly supported by both the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, that develops and improves U.S. ability to rapidly detect, warn, characterize, attribute and defend against threats to our nation's vital space systems. The NSDC directly supports space defense unity of effort and expands information sharing in space defense operations among the DoD, National Reconnaissance Office, and other interagency partners. The NSDC is a subordinate center of U.S. Space Forces - Space responsible for coordinating military, intelligence, civil, and commercial space for unified space defense operations.

Space Delta 15 is the U.S. Space Force’s command and control organization within S4S that is presented to U.S. Space Command and C/JFSCC to accomplish the National Space Defense Center’s protect and defend space mission. DEL 15’s mission is to protect and defend space by delivering integrated Space Battle Management, intel and cyber capabilities in support of operational command and control of assigned and attached forces.

DEL 15 supports the NSDC partnership between joint DoD military NRO and intelligence community formed in 2015 to create unity of effort in space defense, data sharing and intelligence cooperation.

The NSDC is located at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo.

The NSDC is a joint and interagency center that leverages unity of effort for:

Data Integration
Bringing DoD and IC chains of command
Conducting space Experiments, Exercises and Advanced Training
Supporting and synchronizing space defense Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2)

The NSDC mission in unified action with mission partners is to:

Conduct space superiority operations to deter aggression
Defend space capabilities
Defeat our adversaries throughout the continuum of conflict

By creating a unity of effort, the NSDC has:

Formalized Partnerships across the spectrum of National Security space entities
Established C2 mission systems that enable response to threats rapidly and decisively
Established effective Indications & Warnings (I&W) and supplies Operational Intel
Enhanced Mission Assurance for existing capabilities
Defined Critical Information to be shared in a Common Operating Picture (COP)

The NSDC executes missions with experts from the:

DoD military, civilians, and contractors- U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps
Intelligence Community (IC)
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) – Cadre, military members, contractors
End strength (including contractors)

History

Initially established as the JICSpOC on October 1, 2015, it was intended to improve processes and procedures, ensuring data fusion among DoD, intelligence community, interagency, allied and commercial space entities
On April 1, 2017, the JICSpOC was renamed the NSDC, to better clarify its role and eliminate confusion with the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC)
On July 9, 2019, the NSDC dedicated its operations floor and a warfighter library to Senior Master Sergeant Harold Robert Mosley II, the NSDC's Command Senior Enlisted Leader in 2018

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