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850th Space Communications Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	850th Space Communications Squadron
image	850 SCS inactivates 2006-01-31.jpg
image_size	290px
caption	850th Space Communications Squadron inactivation ceremony
dates	1997–2006
country
branch
role	Communications
command_structure	Air Force Space Command
motto	Maintaining the High Frontier
decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
commander1_label
identification_symbol	[[File:850th Space Communications Squadron.PNG	165px]]
identification_symbol_label	850th Space Communications Squadron emblem

The 850th Space Communications Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was a component of the 50th Network Operations Group, 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. The squadron was activated 1 December 1997 as the 850th Communications Squadron and redesignated the 850th Space Communications Squadron on 1 October 2002. It was inactivated on 31 January 2006, most of its functions and personnel having been incorporated into the 50th 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 mission including the $6.2 billion Air 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.

Lineage

Constituted as the 850th Communications Squadron : Activated on 1 December 1997 : Redesignated 850th Space Communications Squadron on 1 October 2002 : Inactivated on 31 January 2006

Assignments

50th Communications Group, 1 December 1997
50th Maintenance Group 1 October 2002
50th Communications Group (later 50th Network Operations Group), 1 June 2003 – 31 January 2006

Stations

Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, 1 December 1997 – 31 January 2006

References

; Notes

References

"850th Space Communications Squadron". [[The Institute of Heraldry]].
(2 February 2006). "850th SCS inactivates at ceremony". Satellite Flyer.

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