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1st Space Brigade

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1st Space Brigade
Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
Active2005–present[1]
Country United States
Branch United States Army
TypeBrigade
RoleSpace operations
Part ofUnited States Army Space and Missile Defense Command
HeadquartersColorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Websitewww.smdc.army.mil/ORGANIZATION/1st-Space-Brigade/
Commanders
CommanderCOL Mark A. Cobos
CSMCSM Maurice L. Tucker
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 1st Space Brigade is a United States Army unit. Assigned to the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command, it is responsible for providing space combat power support to Army units. Activated in 2005 as a TOE unit after being provisionally active since 2003, it is headquartered at Colorado Springs, Colorado.[1]

The 1st Space Brigade (Provisional) was activated in May 2003, with the 1st Space Battalion, the 1st Satellite Control Battalion (later to become the 53rd Signal Battalion), and the 193rd Space Battalion (Colorado Army National Guard).[2] On 20 October 2007 the provisional 193rd Space Battalion became a permanent-status unit, the 117th Space Battalion.[3]

Since 2019, five missile defense batteries have been assigned to 1st Space Brigade including two in Japan and one each in Israel, Turkey, and Qatar.[4]

The mission of 1st Space Brigade is to "conduct continuous, global space support, space control and space force enhancement operations in support of U.S. Strategic Command and Supported Combatant Commanders enabling the delivery of decisive combat power." [5][6]

Structure

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Name Mission Headquarters Subordinate units
1st Space Battalion Plan, integrate, synchronize and execute global theater ballistic missile warning, space situational awareness, space and technical operations support, and assigned contingency activities[7] Fort Carson, Colorado
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company[8]
  • 2nd Space Company (Space Control Planning Team)[9]
  • 4th Space Company (Space Control)[10]
  • 18th Space Company (Space Control)[11]
2nd Space Battalion (Army Reserve) Plan, integrate, synchronize and execute space situational awareness, space and technical operations support, and assigned contingency activities[12] Fort Carson, Colorado
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company[13]
  • 3rd Space Company (Army Space Support Team) [14]
  • 5th Space Company (Army Space Support Team)[15]
  • 6th Space Company(Army Space Support Team)[16]
  • 8th Space Company (Space Control)[17]
  • 23rd Space Company[18]

The brigade also has five missile defense batteries equipped with AN/TPY-2 forward-based radar conducting ballistic missile tracking operations in support of theater and homeland defense. The forward-based radar may also be used to conduct space surveillance and data collection.[19] In 2023, the brigade also operated Site 512, a United States Department of Defence radar facility in Negev, Israel.[20]

The 117th Space Battalion, Colorado Army National Guard has a training, readiness, and oversight (TRO) relationship with the 1st Space Brigade but is not actually part of it, as of 2021.[1]

List of commanders

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References

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Media related to 1st Space Brigade (United States) at Wikimedia Commons

  1. ^ a b c "1st Space Brigade". www.smdc.army.mil.
  2. ^ "The Eagle" (PDF). May 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2013.
  3. ^ Kenney, Laura D. (25 October 2007). "117th Space Battalion's new colors flown on shuttle Atlantis". Peterson Air Force Base. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. ^ Judson, Jen (11 October 2021). "Multidomain ops drive change to Army's 1st Space Brigade". Defense News. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  5. ^ (11 April 2003) SMDC activates 1st Space Brigade (Provisional)
  6. ^ Unshin Lee Harpley (5 Oct 2023) Space Force Takes Over JTAGS Mission from the Army Joint Tactical Ground Station missile warning system detachments in Italy, Qatar, South Korea, and Japan
  7. ^ https://www.smdc.army.mil/ORGANIZATION/1st-Space-Brigade/
  8. ^ https://www.smdc.army.mil/Portals/38/Documents/Publications/Publications/Global_Defender/2023_Global_Defender_508_Compliant.pdf
  9. ^ https://www.smdc.army.mil/Portals/38/Documents/Publications/Publications/Global_Defender/2023_Global_Defender_508_Compliant.pdf
  10. ^ https://www.smdc.army.mil/Portals/38/Documents/Publications/Publications/Global_Defender/2023_Global_Defender_508_Compliant.pdf
  11. ^ https://www.smdc.army.mil/Portals/38/Documents/Publications/Publications/Global_Defender/2023_Global_Defender_508_Compliant.pdf
  12. ^ https://www.smdc.army.mil/ORGANIZATION/1st-Space-Brigade/
  13. ^ https://www.smdc.army.mil/Portals/38/Documents/Publications/Publications/Global_Defender/2023_Global_Defender_508_Compliant.pdf
  14. ^ https://www.smdc.army.mil/Portals/38/Documents/Publications/Publications/Global_Defender/2023_Global_Defender_508_Compliant.pdf
  15. ^ https://www.smdc.army.mil/Portals/38/Documents/Publications/Publications/Global_Defender/2023_Global_Defender_508_Compliant.pdf
  16. ^ https://www.smdc.army.mil/Portals/38/Documents/Publications/Publications/Global_Defender/2023_Global_Defender_508_Compliant.pdf
  17. ^ https://www.smdc.army.mil/Portals/38/Documents/Publications/Publications/Global_Defender/2023_Global_Defender_508_Compliant.pdf
  18. ^ https://www.smdc.army.mil/Portals/38/Documents/Publications/Publications/Global_Defender/2023_Global_Defender_508_Compliant.pdf
  19. ^ https://www.smdc.army.mil/ORGANIZATION/1st-Space-Brigade/
  20. ^ "Israel/United States : Site 512, a US military bubble in Israel's Negev desert - 22/11/2023". Intelligence Online. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  21. ^ a b "1st Space Brigade Change of Command". www.army.mil.
  22. ^ "Army's only space brigade changes commanders". www.army.mil.
  23. ^ "James R. Meisinge". LinkedIn.
  24. ^ "1st Space Brigade welcomes new commander". www.army.mil. Thomas L. James
  25. ^ "1st Space Brigade welcomes new commander". www.army.mil. Richard Zellmann
  26. ^ "1st Space Brigade welcomes new commander". www.army.mil. Eric D. Little
  27. ^ "1st Space Brigade welcomes new commander". www.army.mil. Brian C. Bolio
  28. ^ "1st Space Battalion welcomes new commander". DVIDS.
  29. ^ "Leadership". 3 March 2021. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Whitney Hall
  30. ^ a b "New commander lifts off at 1st Space Brigade". DVIDS.
  31. ^ "COL Donald K. Brooks". www.smdc.army.mil. Donald K. Brooks
  1. ^ Colorado's Space Support Teams Take the Fight to the Next Frontier
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