850th Space Communications Squadron

850th Space Communications Squadron
850th Space Communications Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
850th Space Communications Squadron emblem

The 850th Space Communications Squadron is an inactive

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 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

^
The Institute of Heraldry. Archived from the original
on 18 October 2016.

^ Branum, SSG Don (2 February 2006). "850th SCS inactivates at ceremony". Satellite Flyer. p. 3. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

[850SCStioh-1] 
The Institute of Heraldry. Archived from the original
on 18 October 2016.

[2] Branum, SSG Don (2 February 2006). "850th SCS inactivates at ceremony". Satellite Flyer. p. 3. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

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