Space Delta 8

Space Delta 8
Delta emblem
Founded24 July 2020; 3 years ago (2020-07-24)
Country United States
Branch United States Space Force
TypeDelta
RoleSatellite communication
Size635 personnel
Part of Space Operations Command
HeadquartersSchriever Space Force Base, Colorado, U.S.
Motto(s)"Masters of Space"
WebsiteOfficial website
Commanders
CommanderCol David A. Pheasant
Vice CommandersLt Col Daniel Sebeck and Lt Col Damian Ochs
Senior Enlisted LeaderCMSgt Kelby R. LaJoie
Insignia
Guidon

Space Delta 8 (DEL 8) is the United States Space Force unit responsible for military satellite communications and operates a variety of satellite constellation. It is headquartered at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado.

History

Before the founding of an independent Space Force, the Air Force Space Command's (AFSPC) 50th Operations Group (50 OG), part of the 50th Space Wing, performed the satellite communications and position, navigation, and timing missions. As part of the reorganization in the stand-up of Space Force, 50 OG was inactivated and DEL 8 was activated on 24 July 2020. On 8 February 2022, the 50th Operations Support Squadron was inactivated and the 8th Combat Training Squadron was activated.

In September 2021, the Space Force publicly identified Army and Navy SATCOM units that would transfer to DEL 8. On 6 June 2022, the Naval Satellite Operations Center transferred as the 10th Space Operations Squadron, followed on 29 June 2022 by the Army's 53rd Signal Battalion, which became the 53rd Space Operations Squadron.

On 7 July 2022, Colonel David Pheasant, a former Army officer who had once commanded the 53rd Signal Battalion, took command of DEL 8, becoming the first inter-service transfer officer to command a Space Force Delta.

In 2023, the 2nd Space Operations Squadron was transferred to the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Integrated Mission Delta (Provisional) with the transfer of the position, navigation, and timing mission set into the new unit.

Structure

DEL 8 is composed of four squadrons.

Emblem Name Function Headquarters Spacecraft
Squadrons
8th Combat Training Squadron Operational training and certification, tactics development, engineering support, and crew force management Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado
4th Space Operations Squadron Satellite communication Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Advanced Extremely High Frequency
Defense Satellite Communications System Phase III
Military Strategic and Tactical Relay
Wideband Global Satellite Communications
10th Space Operations Squadron Satellite communication Point Mugu, California Mobile User Objective System
Ultra-High Frequency Follow-On
Fleet Satellite Communications System
53rd Satellite Operations Squadron Satellite communication Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Wideband Global SATCOM
Defense Satellite Communications System

List of commanders

No. Commander Term Ref
Portrait Name Took office Left office Duration
1
Matthew E. Holston
Holston, Matthew E.Colonel
Matthew E. Holston
24 July 20207 July 20221 year, 348 days
2
David A. Pheasant
Pheasant, David A.Colonel
David A. Pheasant
7 July 2022Incumbent1 year, 238 days

See also


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