The Space Test and Training Range (STTR) is a space electronic warfare range controlled by the

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and is located at

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, Colorado. The 25th Space Range Squadron and their reserve associate unit, the

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operate and maintain the STTR.

Mission

The mission of the STTR is mainly operated out of the Space Range Operations Center (SROC) but the space range is also world-wide deployable. Currently, L3Harris is responsible for sustainment of the SROC. The STTR's operating contractor is currently JT4 who also assists in operating the NTTR, the

Utah Test and Training Range The Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) is a Department of Defense military testing and training area located in Utah's West Desert, approximately west of Salt Lake City, Utah. UTTR is currently the largest contiguous block of over-land superson ...

(UTTR), and various other military ranges. The STTR has deployed equipment and personnel to support combatant commander operations and large force exercises such as Austere Challenge.

History

The space range mission was conceived by

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in 2001 and the creation of the Space Range Management Office occurred shortly after. On July 1, 2004,

activated the 25th Space Control Tactics Squadron with a mission to develop and document space tactics, operate the Space Range and propagate approved tactics and space control employment concepts to warfighters. However, Nov. 11, 2007, the squadron was re-designated the 25th Space Range Squadron due to the focus shifting more to controlling the space range rather than developing tactics and techniques. On April 1, 2012, the STTR gained its reserve component, the

. Both units are located at

Schriever AFB Schriever Space Force Base, previously Schriever Air Force Base, Falcon Air Force Base, and Falcon Air Force Station, is a base of the United States Space Force located approximately east of Peterson Space Force Base near Colorado Springs in ...

and typically work jointly to complete their mission. Then on April 1, 2013, the STTR was moved under

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(ACC) as a subordinate mission to the NTTR. On March 31, 2020, the

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announced it would transfer the 25th Space Range Squadron to the

Operating Units

* 25th Space Range Squadron *

Assignments

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, 1 August 2002 *

Nevada Test and Training Range The Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) is one of two military training areas at the Nellis Air Force Base Complex in Nevada and used by the United States Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base. The NTTR land area includes a "sim ...

, 1 April 2013 – present

Stations

* Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, December 2003

References

External links

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