- 850th Space Communications Squadron
The 850th Space Communications Squadron (850 SCS) was a component of the
50th Network Operations Group ,50th Space Wing ,Schriever Air Force Base , Colorado. The squadron was activated1 December 1997 as the 850th Communications Squadron and redesignated the 850th Space Communications Squadron on1 October 2002 . It was inactivated onJanuary 31 2006 ref|inactivation, most of its functions and personnel having been incorporated into the50th Space Communications Squadron .Mission
The mission of the 850th Space Communications Squadron was to plan, integrate, and maintain command and control, and common user communications and computer systems for satellite navigation, communications, missile warning and space surveillance worldwide.
The squadron was responsible for logistics management, systems maintenance, and integrity of satellite command, control, communications, and computer systems for the
Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) mission including the $6.2 billionAir Force Satellite Control Network , supporting over 140 Department of Defense satellites. The squadron also provided anomaly resolution, systems integration and configuration control supporting AFSPC, USSTRATCOM, the Secretary of Defense, and the President.Personnel
Shortly before its inactivation in early 2006, there were approximately 59 military and 22 DoD civilian personnel in the squadron who, along with contractors, provided global sustainment and maintenance to the high frontier in support of the 50th Space Wing's mission.
References
# Staff Sergeant Branum, Don (
2 February 2006 ). " [http://www.afspc.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123027341 850th SCS inactivates at ceremony] ". "Satellite Flyer", p. 3.
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