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Space Test and Training Range
File:25th Space Range Austere Challenge 19 Setup.jpg
Space Test and Training Range team members build an antenna at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, March 7, 2019.
ActiveDecember 2003-present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleSpace Electronic Warfare Range
Garrison/HQSchriever Air Force Base, Colorado


Mission

The Space Test and Training Range (STTR) is a space electronic warfare range controlled by the Nevada Test and Training Range and is located at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. The 25th and 379th Space Range Squadrons operate and maintain the STTR. 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. [1]

The STTR has deployed equipment and personnel to support combatant commander operations and large force exercises such as Austere Challenge.[2][3]

History

The space range mission was conceived by Air Force Space Command in 2001. The creation of the Space Range Management Office occurred shortly after. On July 1, 2004, Air Force Space Command 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 comcepts to warfighters. However, Nov. 11, 2007, the squadron was redesignated the 25th Space Range Squadron to as a result of the importance of controlling the nation's only Space Test and Training Range.[4] On April 1, 2012, the STTR gained its reserve component, the 379th Space Range Squadron. Both units are located at Schriever AFB and typically work jointly to complete their mission.[5]

Operating Units

Assignments

Stations

  • Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, December 2003

See also

References

Notes

Esplanatory notes
Citations

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