text: Chapter 4
  4-74. USSPACECOM is responsible for executing day-to-day, integrated space operations to deliver
  theater and global effects in support of national and combatant commander objectives. They coordinate space
  operational-level planning, integration, and coordination to ensure unity of effort in support of military and
  national security operations and support to civil authorities. Commander, USSPACECOM executes tasking’s
  for space operations through the Combined Space Operations Center. Army space teams and elements
  coordinate on a daily basis with Combined Space Operations Center.
  4-75. Army space forces are normally provided to Commander, USSPACECOM when not organic to a
  unit. The joint force commander may submit a request for forces requesting Army space operations expertise.
  Upon validation of the request for forces, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff deployment execution
  order will be sent to unified combatant command, who will task the Army Service component command to
  provide the forces. If tasked, the Army Service component command will provide Army space operations
  expertise, capabilities, effects, and coordination support.
  4-76. The commander has operational authority for all DOD SATCOM on-orbit assets, control systems,
  and SATCOM terminal infrastructure. Commander, USSPACECOM, as the supported commander for
  SATCOM, performs functions and activities of the SATCOM operational manager, including oversight,
  management, and control of SATCOM resources.
  4-77. Due to the nature of space assets, changes to satellite tasking to support one theater can affect other
  theaters. Therefore, day-to-day command and control and satellite control is accomplished from a strategic
  perspective rather than a theater perspective. The commander is responsible for conducting joint space
  operations, and coordinating and conducting space planning through the joint planning process in support of
  the national military strategy. They assigns appropriate command relationships for space operations to the
  component commanders; components maintain this strategic perspective in their space planning and
  operations. Together with the SCA, Army space operations officers ensure space operations are coordinated,
  deconflicted, integrated, and synchronized at the theater level.
  SPACE COORDINATING AUTHORITY
  4-78. In space operations, space coordinating authority is the responsibility to plan, integrate, and
  coordinate space operations (JP 3-14)—it is the single most important authority an Army space operations
  officer must understand. The SCA is responsible for coordinating joint space operations and integrating
  theater and global space capabilities and effects in an operational area. SCA within a joint force helps
  coordinate joint space operations and integrates space capabilities and effects that support the combatant
  commanders. The SCA coordinates space-related support with established objectives and acts on behalf of
  the combatant commander, with primary responsibility for joint space operation planning. SCA is not a
  position, but rather an authority imparted upon a commander or individual to coordinate space efforts within
  the area of responsibility. The SCA within a joint force helps coordinate joint space operations and integrates
  space capabilities and effects that support the combatant commander.
  4-79. The joint force commander may retain SCA, but normally delegates SCA to the component command
  with the preponderance of space forces. It is important to limit the possibility of interference or redundancy
  between various space operations, and to deconflict responsibilities. The joint force commander considers
  the mission, OE, duration of the operation, preponderance of space forces, capabilities made available, and
  resident command and control capabilities (including reachback) in selecting the appropriate option.
  4-80. If SCA is delegated, the director of space forces is normally tasked to execute the daily actions
  associated with SCA. The SSE assigned to the joint force land component commander advocates for land
  component space forces and space capabilities. It may be necessary for the SSE to assign a space operations
  officer to augment the organization with SCA.
  4-81. If SCA is delegated to the corps commander, the SSE within the corps supports the joint force land
  component commander with planning and operations in the role as the SCA and performs the day-to-day
  staff functions required to execute SCA. When the requirements of serving as the SCA exceed the capabilities
  of the corps, the corps SSE requests augmentation from an ARSST.