U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess, U.S. Space Forces-Space (S4S) commander and the Combined Joint Force Space Component commander, signs the National Space Defense Center heritage board during a visit to the organization at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., May 9, 2024. During the visit, Schiess attended an operations and intelligence meeting on the Senior Master Sergeant Harold Robert Mosley II operations floor, followed by an all call. The NSDC is one of five operations centers for U.S. Space Forces – Space. The S4S mission is to plan, integrate, conduct, and assess global space operations in order to deliver combat relevant space effects, in, from, and to space, for Combatant Commanders, Coalition partners, the Joint Force, and the Nation. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dalton Prejeant)

From left, U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess, U.S. Space Forces-Space (S4S) commander and the Combined Joint Force Space Component commander, U.S. Space Force Col. Stephen Lyon, National Space Defense Center director, and U.S. Space Force Lt. Col. A. Walter Shedroff visit the Consolidated Space Operations Facility (CSOF) building at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., May 9, 2024. The CSOF will help consolidate operations and better align the protect and defend mission of the NSDC, a subordinate center of S4S and U.S. Space Command. The NSDC develops and improves U.S. ability to rapidly detect, warn, characterize, attribute, and defend against threats to our nation's vital space systems. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dalton Prejeant)

U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess, U.S. Space Forces-Space (S4S) commander and the Combined Joint Force Space Component commander, visits the Consolidated Space Operations Facility (CSOF) building at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., May 9, 2024. The CSOF will help consolidate operations and better align the protect and defend mission of the NSDC, a subordinate center of S4S and U.S. Space Command. The NSDC develops and improves U.S. ability to rapidly detect, warn, characterize, attribute, and defend against threats to our nation's vital space systems. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dalton Prejeant)

U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess, U.S. Space Forces-Space (S4S) commander and the Combined Joint Force Space Component commander, visits the Consolidated Space Operations Facility (CSOF) building at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., May 9, 2024. The CSOF will help consolidate operations and better align the protect and defend mission of the NSDC, a subordinate center of S4S and U.S. Space Command. The NSDC develops and improves U.S. ability to rapidly detect, warn, characterize, attribute, and defend against threats to our nation's vital space systems. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dalton Prejeant)

U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess, U.S. Space Forces-Space (S4S) commander and the Combined Joint Force Space Component commander, and U.S. Space Force Col. Stephen Lyon, National Space Defense Center director, visit the Consolidated Space Operations Facility (CSOF) building at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., May 9, 2024. The CSOF will help consolidate operations and better align the protect and defend mission of the NSDC, a subordinate center of S4S and U.S. Space Command. The NSDC develops and improves U.S. ability to rapidly detect, warn, characterize, attribute, and defend against threats to our nation's vital space systems. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dalton Prejeant)