United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Headquarters
Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Website
www.smdc.army.mil/ORGANIZATION/1st-Space-Brigade/
Commanders
Commander
COL Mark A. Cobos
CSM
CSM Maurice L. Tucker
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
Military unit
The 1st Space Brigade is a United States Army unit. Assigned to the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command, it is responsible for providing space combat power support to Army units. Activated in 2005 as a TOE unit after being provisionally active since 2003, it is headquartered at Colorado Springs, Colorado.[1]
The 1st Space Brigade (Provisional) was activated in May 2003, with the 1st Space Battalion, the 1st Satellite Control Battalion (later to become the 53rd Signal Battalion), and the 193rd Space Battalion (Colorado Army National Guard).[2] On 20 October 2007 the provisional 193rd Space Battalion became a permanent-status unit, the 117th Space Battalion.[3]
Since 2019, five missile defense batteries have been assigned to 1st Space Brigade including two in Japan and one each in Israel, Turkey, and Qatar.[4]
The mission of 1st Space Brigade is to "conduct continuous, global space support, space control and space force enhancement operations in support of U.S. Strategic Command and Supported Combatant Commanders enabling the delivery of decisive combat power."
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^ ab"1st Space Brigade". www.smdc.army.mil.
^"The Eagle" (PDF). May 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2013.
^Kenney, Laura D. (25 October 2007). "117th Space Battalion's new colors flown on shuttle Atlantis". Peterson Air Force Base. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^Judson, Jen (11 October 2021). "Multidomain ops drive change to Army's 1st Space Brigade". Defense News. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^(11 April 2003) SMDC activates 1st Space Brigade (Provisional)
^Unshin Lee Harpley (5 Oct 2023) Space Force Takes Over JTAGS Mission from the Army Joint Tactical Ground Station missile warning system detachments in Italy, Qatar, South Korea, and Japan
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