DODD 8420.02
DOD SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
Organization: | DODD |
Publication Date: | 3 August 2023 |
Status: | active |
Page Count: | 51 |
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Purpose:
In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5144.02, this issuance:
• Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for satellite communications (SATCOM) resource management as an integral component of the DoD information enterprise (DoD IE).
• Selectively assigns lead organizational responsibilities.
• Assigns responsibilities for adherence to orbital debris mitigation standard practices.
• Clarifies responsibilities for SATCOM international engagement, enterprise-level SATCOM resource management, and obtaining host nation agreements (HNAs).
• Prescribes procedures for requesting, assessing, and determining the disposition of waivers or exceptions to any of the provisions in this policy.
• Identifies and describes the SATCOM Systems Engineering Group (SSEG) governance forum.