1st Space Brigade explained

Unit Name:1st Space Brigade
Dates:2005–present[1]
Type:Brigade
Role:Space operations
Command Structure:United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Garrison:Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Garrison Label:Headquarters
Commander1:COL Mark A. Cobos
Commander1 Label:Commander
Commander2 Label:Deputy Commander
Commander3:CSM Maurice L. Tucker
Commander3 Label:CSM
Identification Symbol Label: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

NameMissionHeadquartersSubordinate units
1st Space BattalionPlan, 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

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1st Space Brigade. www.smdc.army.mil.
  2. Web site: The Eagle. May 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20130218132213/http://www.smdc.army.mil/2008/Eagle/03Eagle/Eagle_May_03.pdf. 2013-02-18. dead.
  3. News: 117th Space Battalion's new colors flown on shuttle Atlantis. Kenney. Laura D.. 25 October 2007. Peterson Air Force Base. 2017-10-25. en-US.
  4. Web site: Judson. Jen. 2021-10-11. Multidomain ops drive change to Army's 1st Space Brigade. 2022-02-04. Defense News. en.
  5. http://www.smdc.army.mil/2008/Eagle/03Eagle/Eagle_May_03.pdf (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. Web site: 2023-11-22 . Israel/United States : Site 512, a US military bubble in Israel's Negev desert - 22/11/2023 . 2024-05-10 . Intelligence Online . en.
  21. Web site: 1st Space Brigade Change of Command. www.army.mil.
  22. Web site: Army's only space brigade changes commanders. www.army.mil.
  23. Web site: James R. Meisinge . LinkedIn.
  24. Web site: 1st Space Brigade welcomes new commander. www.army.mil. Thomas L. James
  25. Web site: 1st Space Brigade welcomes new commander. www.army.mil. Richard Zellmann
  26. Web site: 1st Space Brigade welcomes new commander. www.army.mil. Eric D. Little
  27. Web site: 1st Space Brigade welcomes new commander. www.army.mil. Brian C. Bolio
  28. Web site: 1st Space Battalion welcomes new commander. DVIDS.
  29. Web site: Leadership. 3 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210303020740/http://www.smdc.army.mil/ORGANIZATION/Leadership/. 3 March 2021. Whitney Hall
  30. Web site: New commander lifts off at 1st Space Brigade. DVIDS.
  31. Web site: COL Donald K. Brooks. www.smdc.army.mil. Donald K. Brooks
  32. https://citizen-soldiermagazine.com/out-of-this-world-support/ Colorado's Space Support Teams Take the Fight to the Next Frontier