The effects of any budget/program decisions made since the information was collected during 1997-98 are NOT reflected in the National Security Space Road Map (NSSRM).

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(U) The DoD procures, operates, and maintains a myriad of satellite systems to support national and tactical communications, missile warning, nuclear detonation detection, navigation, weather, and environmental monitoring.

(U) DoD's satellite operations include the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS), Milstar, Fleet SATCOM System (FLTSATCOM), UHF Follow-on (UFO) System, the Defense Support Program (DSP), the Nuclear Detonation Detection System (NUDET), the Global Positioning System (GPS, also referred to as POSNAVTIME or position, navigation and time), and the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP).

• Related Initiatives
• Related Categories
• Road Map Placements
• Additional Hotlinks

Related Initiatives (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
AFSATCOM	Air Force Satellite Communications (AFSATCOM)
COMMU	Communications Upgrades (COMMU)
DMSP	Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)
DSCS II	Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) II
DSCS III	Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) III
DSCS Service Life Enhance Prog	Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) Service Life Enhancement Program (SLEP)
DSP	Defense Support Program (DSP)
FLTSATCOM	Fleet Satellite Communications (FLTSATCOM)
GPS Block IIA	NAVSTAR Global Positioning System(GPS) Block IIA
GPS Block IIF	NAVSTAR Global Positioning System(GPS) Block IIF
GPS Block IIR	NAVSTAR Global Positioning System(GPS) Block IIR
Milstar I	Milstar I
Milstar II	Milstar II
Network Operations Upgrades	Network Operations Upgrades (NOU)
Range Upgrades	Range Upgrades (RANGEU)
SBIRS High NUDET Package	Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) High Nuclear Exo-atmospheric Detonation (NUDET) PACKAGE
SBIRS-Low	Space-Based Infrared System - Low Earth Orbit (SBIRS-Low)
Space-Based Data Relay	Space-Based Data Relay (SBDR)
Space-Based Range	Space-Based Range (SBR)
UHF Follow-on (UFO)	Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Follow-on (UFO)

Related Categories (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
AF Space Test & Evaluation Div.	Air Force Space Test and Evaluation Division
AFSCN	Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN)
NAVSOC	Naval Satellite Operations Center (NAVSOC)

Road Map Placements (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
National Security Space Road Map	Integrated System Road Map
SPACE FORCES SUPPORT	SPACE FORCES SUPPORT

Requirements, Funding and Additional Hotlinks (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name
Shuttle Missions-Discovery
SAF/AQ Homepage
AFSCN News
Shuttle Missions-Enterprise
Shuttle Operations
Shuttle Missions-Endeavor
Shuttle Missions-Challenger
Shuttle Missions-Columbia
Shuttle Missions-Atlantis

Date Of Information (U):

(U) 21 November 1997

(U) Road Map Production Date: 18 June 2001