(a) Establishment of Requirements.—Before a major satellite acquisition program achieves Milestone A approval, or equivalent, the Chief of Staff of the Space Force, in consultation with the Commander of the United States Space Command, shall establish requirements for the defense and resilience of the satellites under that program against the capabilities of adversaries to target, degrade, or destroy the satellites.
(b) Definitions.—In this section:(1) The term “major satellite acquisition program” has the meaning given that term in section 2275 of this title.
(2) The term “Milestone A approval” has the meaning given that term in section 4251 of this title 10.
Structure US Code
Subtitle A— General Military Law
PART IV— SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY
§ 2271. Management of space programs: joint program offices and officer management programs
§ 2272. Space science and technology strategy: coordination
§ 2273. Policy regarding assured access to space: national security payloads
§ 2273a. Space Rapid Capabilities Office
§ 2275a. Requirements for protection of satellites
§ 2276. Commercial space launch cooperation
§ 2277. Disclosure of National Security Space Launch program contract pricing terms
§ 2278. Notification of foreign interference of national security space
§ 2279. Foreign commercial satellite services and foreign launches