Patrick Space Force Base

Amount Appropriated?

$97.0M

FFID tracks stages 1–2 — stages 3–5 vary by agency, assistance type, and earmark structure.

Project Description

Currently facility 533 is main communications hub at PSFB and critical to the space launch mission. It is a critical link between Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) Range Communications Facility and other Eastern Range sites which support launches, telemetry, Global Positioning Satellites and radars. Facility also supports Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) mission and connections to world-wide sites, 920th Rescue Wing (920 RQW) mission of combat search and rescue, as well as Department of State (DoS), Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Space Systems Command (SSC). Critical network operations and control center switch provides services to PSFB, CCSFS, Ascension Auxiliary Airfield (AAAF) and remainder of Eastern Range. It is point of presence for all communications assets such as internet connections, fire walls, data server banks, cyber security, and classified data networks. Electrical service cannot support future mission needs. Cable vault floods knocking out mission critical communications. Host wing has to divert funds for pumps and hoses to drain vaults.\nCable plant system that services base has no excess capacity. Existing cable will be pulled out to install new high capacity cable. Existing facility is over 50 years old, located in an airfield clear zone and incapable of further expansion, system modernization and mission growth, nor does it not meet current Antiterrorism & Force Protection criteria. Close proximity of other facilities preempts clear, perimeter standoff zone. 45 Space Communications Squadron (45 SCS) is spread out across multiple facilities on base. Proposed project will consolidate communications functions on PSFB. SLD 45 has been impacted by multiple Hurricanes recently without an adequate Hurricane ride out shelter. The new CAT-5 rated facility will protect critical communications infrastructure while also providing SLD 45 a ride out shelter with Emergency Operations Center and Command Post capability.