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JCO hosts USSTRATCOM Commander
August 22, 2023 — U.S. Air Force Gen. Anthony Cotton, United States Strategic Command commander, met with U.S. Army Elizabeth Helland, Joint Task Force-Space Defense deputy commander, U.S. Space Force Capt. Carl Poole, JTF-SD Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) site lead, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Rishi Patel, Air Force Research Lab’s DRAGON Army program manager, at the JCO personnel at the facility in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 27, 2023. The JCO is an extension of the National Space Defense Center operations floor, and it leverages best-of-breed commercial providers to deliver diverse, timely Space Domain Awareness (SDA) in direct support of the NSDC’s core protect and defend mission. (U.S Space Force photo by Dennis Rogers)... MORE

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JCO hosts USSPACECOM LNO
August 17, 2023 — Japan Air Self-Defense Force Col Toshihide Ajiki, incoming U.S. Space Command Japanese Liaison Officer (LNO) listens to a briefing at the Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 26, 2023. LNOs provide host nation expertise and insights to U.S. Space Command, and its components, and strengthen bilateral and multilateral partnerships. The JCO is an extension of the National Space Defense Center operations floor, and it leverages commercial providers to provide diverse, timely Space Domain Awareness in direct support of the NSDC’s core protect and defend mission. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tiana Williams)... MORE

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PERU BOLSTERS INTERNATIONAL SPACE COLLABORATION WITH KEY U.S. PARTNERS DURING RS23
July 28, 2023 — OPERATION HARPY SUR, a space exercise nested under Exercise RESOLUTE SENTINEL 2023, has opened a new chapter in international space collaboration at the Centro Nacional de Operaciones de Imágenes Satelitales, or CNOIS, in southern Peru. The space exercise aims to bolster the region's emerging space programs... MORE

U.S. Air Force Col. Matt McKinney, Resolute Sentinel 23 Combined Joint Task Force Commander, and Fuerza Aérea del Perú Col. Fidel Castro, Resolute Sentinel 23 CJTF Deputy Commander, conduct a tour at the Centro Nacional de Operaciones de Imágenes Satelitales, Lima, Peru, July 4, 2023, as part of Resolute Sentinel 23. The space exercise, led by U.S. Southern Command in partnership with U.S. Space Command’s Joint Task Force Space Defense Commercial Operations (JCO) Cell, the Peruvian Aerospace Research and Development Center (CONIDA), and the Peruvian Air Force, aims to bolster the region's emerging space programs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Matlock)

JCO hosts Qatari Delegation
July 24, 2023 — U.S. Space Force Brig. Gen. Dennis Bythewood, Joint Task Force-Space Defense commander, speaks with Qatari Maj. Gen. Abdulaziz Al Doseri, Advisor to Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister for Defense Affairs for Space and Telecommunications, during a visit to the JTF-SD’s Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 14, 2023. While visiting the JCO, the Qatari delegation observed one of the JCO’s Sprint Advanced Concept Trainings (SACT). SACT exercises are designed to improve collaboration between USSPACECOM and its components, allied and partner nation space enterprises, and the commercial space industry. The JCO is an extension of the National Space Defense Center operations floor, and it leverages commercial providers to provide diverse, timely Space Domain Awareness in direct support of the NSDC’s core protect and defend mission. (U.S. Space Command photo by Christopher DeWitt)... MORE

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RS23 Space Team ACEs Space Deployment
July 18, 2023 — A coalition space team made history during exercise Resolute Sentinel 23, executing the first-ever defensive space control operation in U. S. Southern Command history and demonstrating the real-world impact of Agile Combat Employment operations for space... MORE

A coalition space team of U. S. Space Force Guardians, Colombian Air Force Guardianes, and Ecuadorian Air Force members deploy an Olympus Bolt intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensor at a forward operating location in Rionegro, Colombia, after a rapid relocation from its previous deployment in Cali, Colombia. The deployment was part of Operation Thundergun Express, a 21-day space deployment exercise nested under Resolute Sentinel 23. This antenna, designed for rapid deployment, forms a crucial component of space Agile Combat Employment.

DEL 15 activates two subordinate squadrons: 15th CACS, 15th ISRS
July 18, 2023 — Space Delta 15 stood up its first two subordinate squadrons, the 15th Command and Control Squadron (CACS) and the 15th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron (ISRS), and during respective activation ceremonies here, June 30 and July 14, 2023... MORE

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JCO conducts SMEE with COLAF, AFSOUTH personnel
July 5, 2023 — Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) personnel provide briefings to Colombian Air Force (COLAF) and 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) personnel during a space operations subject matter expert exchange in Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 21, 2023... MORE

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UKSpOC stands up JCO-UK cell
June 26, 2023 — The UK has joined the Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) global construct by standing up a national JCO-UK cell, June 26, 2023... MORE

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Schriever SFB celebrates 25 years
June 22, 2023 — Schriever Space Force Base held a ceremony June 21, 2023, to celebrate both the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking for Falcon Air Force Station and the 25th anniversary of the renaming of the installation to Schriever Air Force Base, which in 2021 was renamed to Schriever Space Force Base... MORE

U.S. Space Force Lt. Col. Michael Schriever, Chief of the Engine Room for Space Training and Readiness Command, and Bernard A. Schriever II, a civil engineer at the U.S. Air Force Academy, stand next to the site where the Team Schriever time capsule was buried on Schriever Space Force Base on June 21, 2023. They are both grandsons of the late Gen. Bernard A. Schriever, for whom Schriever SFB was named. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Justin Todd)

BYU AFROTC Detachment 855 visits JTF-SD
June 9, 2023 — Cadets of Brigham Young University, Air Force ROTC Detachment 855, pose for a group photo at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, June 6, 2023... MORE

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JCO global welcomes NZDF

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Department of Defense Releases Space Policy Revi...