Space Operations Group

The Space Operations Group (宇宙作戦群, Uchū Sakusengun) is a Japan Air and Space Self-Defense Force unit based at Fuchu Air Base in Fuchu, Tokyo.

[1] It is responsible for the JASDF's space domain awareness capability, integrating surveillance data from a sensor near Sanyo-Onoda in Yamaguchi Prefecture, along with data supplied by JAXA and the United States Space Force.

[2][3][4] The former Space Operations Squadron was established in 18 May 2020 in a ceremony held by the Japanese Ministry of Defense with 20 JASDF personnel.

[6] In FY 2020, the "2nd Space Operations Squadron" was set up at Hōfu Air Field.

[7][8] On March 17, 2022, the "Space Operations Group" was established[9] with 150 airmen.