Joint Overhead Persistent Infrared Center
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| Joint Overhead Persistent Infrared Center | |
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| Country |  United States |
| Type | Space warfare center |
| Role | Overhead persistent infrared operations |
| Part of |  Combined Force Space Component Command |
| Headquarters | Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, U.S. |
The Joint Overhead Persistent Infrared Center (JOPC) is a subordinate center of United States Space Command's Combined Force Space Component Command. It is responsible for planning and coordinating overhead persistent infrared operations. The JOPC is located at Buckley Air Force Base.
Mission
The Joint Overhead Persistent Infrared Center is a joint endeavor between United States Space Command and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The JOPC develops integrated OPIR collection and exploitation strategies and plans for OPIR sensors (both Intelligence Community and Department of Defense sensors) in support of missile warning, missile defense, awareness of the operating environment, technical intelligence, and civil/environmental mission areas. [1]
See Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS).
References
- ^ "Space operations" (PDF). www.jcs.mil. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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