Satellite Control Network: Updating Sustainment Plan Would Help Space Force Better Manage Future Efforts

Space Force’s Satellite Control Network (SCN) provides critical launch and operations support for satellites worth billions of dollars with a broad range of missions. The SCN makes over 450 daily contacts with satellites. The network is facing sustainment and obsolescence issues while demands on the system are increasing.

A Senate report included a provision for Government Accountability Office to review the SCN program. This report assesses Space Force’s current and future needs for the SCN, efforts to address challenges in sustaining the SCN, and acquisition efforts to support SCN needs.