Space Delta 6 | |
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Founded | 24 July 2020 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Space Force |
Type | Delta |
Role | Cyberspace operations |
Part of | Space Operations Command |
Headquarters | Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, U.S. |
Website | www |
Commanders | |
Commander | Col Roy V. Rockwell |
Superintendent | CMSgt Matthew A. Collingridge[1] |
Insignia | |
Guidon |
Space Delta 6 (DEL 6) is a United States Space Force unit which assures access to space through the $6.8 billion Satellite Control Network and defensive cyberspace capabilities for space mission systems.[2]
Activated on 24 July 2020, the delta is headquartered at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado.[3][4][5] It replaced the 50th Network Operations Group, which had been part of the former 50th Space Wing.[5][6] On 23 June 2021, the 614th Air and Space Communications Squadron, previously under Space Delta 5, was redesignated as the 65th Cyber Squadron and transferred into Space Delta 6.[7]
Structure
By the end of fiscal year 2022, SpOC intends to establish the Space Cyber Center, 68th Cyberspace Squadron, 69th Cyberspace Squadron, and 645th Cyberspace Squadron.[8]
Commander
No. | Commander | Term | Ref | |||
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Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Duration | ||
1 | Colonel Roy V. Rockwell | 24 July 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 327 days | [13] |
References
- ^ "Chief Master Sergeant Matthew A. Collingridge".
- ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
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- ^ "Space Force reorganizes former Air Force space wings into "Deltas" and "Garrisons"". SpaceNews. SpaceNews. July 24, 2020. Archived from the original on July 26, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ^ a b "Space Force Announces Significant Reorganization". Air Force Magazine. July 24, 2020. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ^ "50th SW activates 750th OG". Schriever Air Force Base. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- ^ a b "614th Air & Space Communications Squadron redesignated as 65th Cyber Squadron". Vandenberg Space Force Base. Archived from the original on June 30, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ https://media.defense.gov/2022/Mar/11/2002955216/-1/-1/1/COMMANDER'S%20STRATEGIC%20PLAN%202022%20R10.PDF[bare URL PDF]
- ^ "21st Space Operations Squadron". Schriever Air Force Base. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "22nd Space Operations Squadron". Schriever Air Force Base. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "23rd Space Operations Squadron". Schriever Air Force Base. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "AFCEA SIGNAL Media". AFCEA Chapter News. August 25, 2012. Archived from the original on December 21, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "Colonel Roy V. Rockwell". www.schriever.spaceforce.mil. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
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