Headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Space Base Delta 1 falls under the direction of Space Operations Command for its day-to-day operational missions, while it receives higher headquarters support for its base operations missions from Air Force Materiel Command as the Air Force servicing major command.
SBD 1 enables U.S. Space Force operations for 10 of the USSF Space Deltas and more than 111 other mission partners across 23 world-wide operating locations by providing integrated Base Operating Support (e.g., directly assisting, maintaining, supplying, and distributing support of forces at the operating location), Combat Service Support (e.g., the essential capabilities, functions, activities, and tasks necessary to sustain all elements of all operating forces at the operating location), and Delta Staff Agency services.
SBD 1 is unique in that it currently hosts real property at seven installations to include Peterson SFB, Schriever SFB, Pituffik Space Base, Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, New Boston SFS, Ka’ena Point SFS, and the Maui Space Surveillance Complex (MSSC) on the summit of Haleakala, Hawaii. Today, SBD 1 is also responsible for ensuring installation support agreements with U.S. military installations in close proximity to an additional 46 geographically separated units reaching every corner of the globe.
SBD 1 hosts multiple, major mission partners to include: North American Aerospace Defense Command & U.S. Northern Command; U.S. Space Command; Space Operations Command and Space Training and Readiness Command; Army Space & Missile Defense Command; Joint Force Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense; the Air Force Reserve Command’s 302d Airlift Wing and 310th Space Wing; and shared runway operations with the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport. In total, Space Base Delta 1 consists of over 3,700 military and civilian members who support nearly 18,400 personnel.
MISSION
SBD 1 provides continuous, world-class infrastructure and base support in order to enable global Space Force mission Deltas and other space and homeland defense mission partners to conduct combat operations.
VISION
America's epicenter of space power; providing agile and uninterrupted service to our warfighters.
MOTTO
One Team - Global Mission Support
PRIORITIES
- Infrastructure Support to mission Delta weapon system operations
- Base Support to all SBD 1 mission partners, Guardians, Airmen, and Families
- Develop professional and resilient SBD 1 personnel
Learn more here: SBD 1 Fact Sheet