The 2 CACS was responsible for planning, assessing, and developing execution orders for passive surveillance missions around the world, at locations such as
Misawa AB
,
Japan
,
Osan AB
,
Republic of Korea
,
RAF Feltwell
,
United Kingdom
and
RAF Edzell
,
United Kingdom
.
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Information from the sites' Low Altitude Surveillance System (LASS) and Deep Space Tracking System (DSTS) were fed to 2 CACS, which was then forwarded onto the space surveillance center at
Cheyenne Mountain AFS
,
Colorado
. The center uses this data, along with data from other sensors, to maintain a catalog of man-made objects in space.
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Previous designations
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- 2d Command and Control Squadron (???)
- Lt Col James E. Mackin (c. 1996)
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- Lt Col T. Clark (c. 1995)
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- Low Altitude Surveillance System (???-???)
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- Deep Space Tracking System (???-???)