ATP 6-02.54 TECHNIQUES FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

1 ATP TECHNIQUES FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS JUNE 2017 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Headquarters, Department of the Army This publication is available at the Army Publishing Directorate site ( ), and the Central Army Registry site ( )ATP DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. i Army TECHNIQUES Publication No.

2 6- Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC, 5 June 2017 TECHNIQUES for SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS Contents Page v INTRODUCTION .. vii Chapter 1 SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 1-1 Fundamentals .. 1-1 Types of SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS .. 1-4 Chapter 2 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES .. 2-1 Joint and Department of Defense .. 2-1 Department of the Army .. 2-4 Chapter 3 ARMY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE .. 3-1 Overview .. 3-1 Requirements .. 3-1 Objectives .. 3-2 Operational Considerations .. 3-3 Chapter 4 SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING.

3 4-1 Joint Planning .. 4-1 Army SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS Planning .. 4-3 Narrowband SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS .. 4-9 Wideband SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS .. 4-9 Protected SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS .. 4- 10 Commercial SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS .. 4- 11 Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Equipped SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS Planning .. 4- 15 Chapter 5 SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS ENABLERS .. 5-1 United States Strategic Command .. 5-1 United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command.

4 5-1 United States Army Network Enterprise Technology Command .. 5-2 Distribution of Signal Units .. 5-3 Appendix A THE TERMINAL SEGMENT .. A-1 Appendix B GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM .. B-1 Appendix C DEMAND ASSIGNED MULTIPLE ACCESS AND INTEGRATED WAVEFORM .. C-1 GLOSSARY .. Glossary-1 REFERENCES .. References-1 ATP Contents ii ATP 5 June 2017 INDEX .. Index-1 Figures Figure 1-1. Wideband global SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS coverage areas .. 1-5 Figure 1-2. Regional SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS support center coverage.

5 1-6 Figure 1-3. Global Broadcast Service broadcast route .. 1-8 Figure 1-4. Global Broadcast Service operations overview .. 1-9 Figure 1-5. Milstar vs advanced extremely high frequency bandwidth .. 1- 14 Figure 1-6. MUOS and ultrahigh frequency follow-on SATELLITE constellation .. 1- 16 Figure 4-1. Joint SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS operations management .. 4-2 Figure A-1. Department of Defense gateway locations .. A-2 Figure A-2. Teleport A-3 Figure A-3. AN/FSC-78 terminal .. A-5 Figure A-4. AN/GSC-39(V1) terminal.

6 A-6 Figure A-5. AN/GSC-52(V) terminal .. A-7 Figure A-6. Family of modernization enterprise terminals .. A-8 Figure A-7. AN/TSC-86A terminal .. A-9 Figure A-8. AN/TSC-93E Lynx terminal .. A- 10 Figure A-9. AN/TSC-156 Phoenix terminal .. A- 11 Figure A-10. Secure Mobile Anti-Jam Reliable Tactical Terminal .. A- 12 Figure A-11. Global Broadcast Service tactical receive suite .. A- 13 Figure A-12. Global Broadcast Service portable receive suite .. A- 14 Figure A-13. AN/USC-60 flyaway tri-band SATELLITE terminal.

7 A- 15 Figure A-14. SIPRNET/NIPRNET Access Point .. A- 16 Figure A-15. Tactical COMMUNICATIONS A- 20 Figure A-16. SATELLITE transportable terminal .. A- 21 Figure A-17. Point of Presence .. A- 22 Figure A-18. Soldier network extension .. A- 22 Figure B-1. How the global positioning system works .. B-4 Figure C-1. Information throughput without demand assigned multiple access .. C-2 Figure C-2. Demand assigned multiple access capable terminals .. C-3 Figure C-3. Comparison of a 25 kbps demand assigned multiple access vs.

8 Integrated waveform frame .. C-5 Contents 5 June 2017 ATP iii Tables Table 1-1. Radio frequency bands .. 1-2 Table 4-1. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS priorities .. 4-6 Table A-1. Mobile Warfighter Information Network-Tactical SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS capabilities . A-19 This page intentionally left blank. 5 June 2017 ATP v Preface ATP provides TECHNIQUES for the Army SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS (SATCOM) community. The intent of this publication is to educate communicators on the multitude of options that are available utilizing SATCOM.

9 This publication includes information for planning, establishing, and operating COMMUNICATIONS networks utilizing satellites. The principal audience for ATP is Army professionals and contractors whose duties involve designing, building, configuring, securing, operating, maintaining, and sustaining the SATCOM systems. This publication provides SATCOM information and guidance to commanders, staffs, operators, and maintainers that execute SATCOM for the Army.

10 ATP is a significant resource to Army SATCOM trainers and educators. Commanders, staffs, and subordinates ensure their decisions and actions comply with applicable , international, and, in certain cases, host-nation laws and regulations. Commanders at all levels ensure their Soldiers operate according to the law of war and the rules of engagement (see FM 27-10). ATP uses joint terms where applicable. Selected joint and Army terms and definitions appear in both the glossary and the text. For definitions shown in the text, the term is italicized and the number of the proponent publication follows the definition.