The Department of Defense's (DOD's) programs to develop new satellites to alert U.S. military commanders to foreign missile launches, and to support missile defense objectives, are controversial because of cost growth and schedule slippage. SBIRS-High, managed by the Air Force, would replace existing Defense Support Program 'early warning' satellites. The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS, formerly SBIRS-Low), managed by the Missile Defense Agency, would perform missile tracking and target discrimination for missile defense objectives. The SBIRS-High program has breached Nunn-McCurdy cost growth limits several times. This report will be updated.
Military Space Programs: Issues Concerning DOD's SBIRS and STSS Programs
2005
7 pages
Report
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Englisch
Antimissile Defense Systems , Detection & Countermeasures , Unmanned Spacecraft , Space surveillance , Artificial satellites , Guided missile tracking systems , Early warning systems , Guided missiles , Military operations , Military commanders , Intercontinental ballistic missiles , Space missions , Tracking , Target discrimination , Department of defense , Defense systems , Satellite early warning systems , Military space programs , Sbirs(Space based infrared system) , Stss(Space tracking and surveillance system) , Dps(Defense support program) , Dps satellites , Alert(Attack and launch early reporting to theater)