The United States Air Force's 2d Command and Control Squadron (2 CACS) was an Air Force Space Command command and control unit located at Falcon AFB (later

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 ...

), Colorado. The 2 CACS commanded passive surveillance systems supporting

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and theater warfighters’ requirements through continuous all-weather, day-night surveillance of on-orbit satellites.

Mission

The 2 CACS was responsible for planning, assessing, and developing execution orders for passive surveillance missions around the world, at locations such as Misawa AB,

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, Republic of Korea,

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, United Kingdom and

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, United Kingdom. Information from the sites' Low Altitude Surveillance System (LASS) and Deep Space Tracking System (DSTS) were fed to 2 CACS, which was then forwarded onto the space surveillance center at

Cheyenne Mountain AFS Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station (CMSFS) is located in Cheyenne Mountain on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado, next to Colorado Springs, The Cheyenne Mountain Complex, an underground fac ...

, Colorado. The center uses this data, along with data from other sensors, to maintain a catalog of man-made objects in space.

Assignments

Major Command

* Air Force Space Command (???- ???)

Previous designations

* 2d Command and Control Squadron (???)

Commanders

*Lt Col James E. Mackin (c. 1996) *Lt Col T. Clark (c. 1995)

Bases stationed

, Colorado (???-???)

Equipment Commanded

*Low Altitude Surveillance System (???-???) **Detachment 1, 3d SSS -

, Republic of Korea ** 5th SSS -

, United Kingdom ** 17 SSS -

, United Kingdom *Deep Space Tracking System (???-???) ** 3d SSS - Misawa AB,

** 5th SSS -

, United Kingdom

Decorations

* Air Force Outstanding Unit Award **1 January 1998 – 31 December 1998 **1 October 1997 – 30 September 1999 **1 October 1995 – 30 September 1997AFSPC Special Order GA-09, 1 November 1997

References

External links

Western States Legal Foundation: National Security Space Road Map, 1998

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