spacelift

    From Joint Publication 3-14, Space Operations, 10 April 2018:

10. Spacelift

    Spacelift is the ability to deliver payloads (satellites or other materials) into space. Assured access to space includes spacelift operations and range operations. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) conducts these operations as a Service function that supports other Services and the joint force.

    a. Spacelift operations deploy, sustain, augment, or reconstitute satellite constellations supporting US military operations, national security objectives, and/or commercial customers. DOD procures commercial services for spacelift, a practice that supports National Space Policy. Space launches are usually planned several years in advance and executed in accordance with the established space launch manifest. Planners should account for the long lead times involved with the manifest scheduling process.

    b. Range operations are critical to spacelift operations and provide assured, responsive access to space with an emphasis on public safety. Space ranges provide launch campaign support, pre-launch testing, launch traffic control, and scheduling services for spacelift operations. Launch ranges may also be responsible for planning and execution of space launch vehicle and spacecraft recovery operations.

—Joint Publication 3-14, Space Operations, 10 April 2018

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3. space situational awareness
4. space control
5. protecting satellites
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9. satellite communications
10. environmental monitoring
11. missile warning
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13. drones
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17. asteroid mining
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