The Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) is a United States Space Force satellite constellation that provides the United States with military…
primary communications path was via the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) III (U) satellite. There were nine of these satellites in orbit…
combination of the existing Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) and Global Broadcast Service (GBS) satellites. According to United Launch Alliance…
Systems Organization also led the development of the Defense Satellite Communications System Phase II (DSCS II). DSCS II had increased communications…
last DSCS II satellite was decommissioned on 13 December 1993, however design of the Defense Satellite Communications System Phase III (DSCS III) began…
American built Type-777 (DSCS II) satellite instead. GCHQ would later plan their own secret signals intelligence satellite, Zircon, which was subsequently…
re-entry system (ABRES), the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL), the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS), and the Defense Support…
Magazine. Retrieved September 23, 2022. "DSCS II". Astronautix.com. Retrieved September 23, 2022. "DSCS III". Astronautix.com. Retrieved September 23…
1982 on the 30th of October with two DSCS defense communications satellites for the United States Department of Defense (DOD). Derived from the Titan 34D…
STS-51-J (Kategorie Department of Defense Space Shuttle missions) X-band frequencies (8/7 GHz). Each DSCS-III satellite had a design life of ten years, although several of the DSCS satellites have far exceeded their design…
expendable launch systems in the Delta rocket family. It flew 45 missions from 2002 to 2024. Originally designed by Boeing's Defense, Space and Security…
on-orbit operations for the Defense Satellite Communications System Phase III satellites and Wideband Global Satellite. These satellites provide secure high-rate…
54th Strategic Signal Battalion USASA Kuwait Defense Satellite Communication Systems (USASA-Kuwait DSCS, formerly 56th Signal Company) US Army Network…
a number of operations, including the launch of a DSCS III and a NATO IV communications satellite, support for the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission…
Spaceflight Now. March 10, 2003. "Delta 4 rocket delivers last Air Force DSCS satellite". Spaceflight Now. August 29, 2003. "Weather observatory for Americas…
Successful launch of the first pair of DSCS II satellites built by TRW, the first operational military communications system to occupy a geosynchronous orbit…
military satellite communications constellations, X-37B spaceplanes, U.S. missile warning system, U.S. space surveillance network, and the Satellite Control…
an American rocket stage used for the launch of Defense Satellite Communications System III satellites to geostationary orbit when using a launch vehicle…
Global Positioning System (GPS), Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS), Wideband Global Satellite Communications system, Military Strategic…
on the 20th at 2110:00 Eastern Standard Time. Both Phase II DSCS communications satellites were placed in their proper near synchronous orbits, and the…
1982 on the 30th of October with two DSCS defense communications satellites for the United States Department of Defense (DOD). All of the launches were conducted…