SLDCOM

SLDCOM is a satellite communications system operated by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office and used by the United States Armed Forces.^[1] The space-based assets of the system were flown as part of the Satellite Launch Dispenser (SLD) hardware on several Titan IV rocket launches which also launched Naval Ocean Surveillance System (NOSS) satellites. The SLDCOM system provides bent pipe UHF communications.^[2]

References

^ "Desert Storm - The First Space War". USAF Air University. Archived from the original on August 19, 1999.
^ Gunter Dirk Krebs. "SLDCOM".

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[1] "Desert Storm - The First Space War". USAF Air University. Archived from the original on August 19, 1999.

[2] Gunter Dirk Krebs. "SLDCOM".

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Current programs	Sentient (intelligence analysis system) (2009-unknown) SpaceX Starshield (2022-present) Silentbarker (2023-) Blackjack (2024-) Future Ground Architecture
Facilities & commands	Headquarters, Chantilly, VA National Reconnaissance Operations Center (NROC) RAF Menwith Hill Pine Gap Casa Grande Photogrammetric Test Range 222d Command and Control Squadron Aerospace Data Facilities Colorado, Buckley Space Force Base East, Virginia, Fort Belvoir Southwest, New Mexico, White Sands Missile Range
Technology & Science	Byeman Control System Dijkstra's algorithm Phased array radar Synthetic-aperture radar Tip and cue
Satellite lines & projects	Key Hole (1959-unknown) Discoverer 1 (1959) Corona (1959-1972) Samos (1960-1962) KH-5 Argon (1961-1964) Upward (1961-1972) Poppy (1962-1967) Samos-F (1962-1971) Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (1962-2014) Lanyard (1963) Zirconic (1963-) Gambit (1963-1967) Quill (1964) Gambit 3 (1966-1984) Canyon (1968-1977) Aquacade (1970-1978) Jumpseat (1971-1983) Hexagon (1971-1986) KENNEN (1976-unknown) Satellite Data System (1976-2017) Naval Ocean Surveillance System (1976-2025) Vortex (1978-1989) Magnum (1985-1989) Lacrosse (1988-2005) Prowler (1990) Misty (1990-2012) Trumpet (1994-1997) Mercury (1994-1998) SLDCOM (1994-unknown) Orion (1995-) FORTE (1997) Discoverer II (1998-2000) STEX (1998) Enhanced Imaging System (1999) Future Imagery Architecture (1999-2018) Zuma (2018)
People	Christopher Scolese (Director) Betty J. Sapp Brian Patrick Regan William Kampiles Leadership of the National Reconnaissance Office
History	Chronology of the National Reconnaissance Office List of NRO launches USA-193 USA-225 USA-234 USA-276 2012 National Reconnaissance Office space telescope donation to NASA Multiple Mirror Telescope 6594th Test Group
Past programs	Manned Orbiting Laboratory NEMESIS (High Altitude) RAVEN (High Altitude) SIGINT High Altitude Replenishment Program (SHARP)
Founders	William O. Baker Merton E. Davies Sidney Drell Richard L. Garwin Amrom Harry Katz James R. Killian Edwin H. Land Frank W. Lehan William J. Perry Edward M. Purcell

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