The

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military's Air Force Satellite Communications (AFSATCOM) is a network of ground and space systems to allow rapid dissemination of communications to a worldwide audience. AFSATCOM's creation was during the height of the

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to guarantee that Emergency Action Messages would be received by

Strategic Air Command Strategic Air Command (SAC) was a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile compon ...

nuclear forces.

Operations

AFSATCOM operations used leased transponders off

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Fleet Satellite Communications (FLTSATCOM) satellites for EAM transmission.

References

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Operations

See also

References