Aerospace Operations Command: Difference between revisions

The '''Aerospace Operations Command''' ({{lang-pt|Comando de Operações Aeroespaciais}} - COMAE) is a Brazilian joint [[space command|air and space command]] created in 2017<ref name="COMAE 1"/><ref name=souza>{{Cite web|author=Souza, José Alexandre Ferreira de|date=2023-05-17|title=A coordenação da Operação de Apoio ao Povo Yanomami pelo Comando de Operações Aeroespaciais: geração de sinergia no emprego conjunto das Forças Armadas|url=https://eblog.eb.mil.br/index.php/menu-easyblog/a-coordenacao-da-operacao-de-apoio-ao-povo-yanomami-pelo-comando-de-operacoes-aeroespaciais-geracao-de-sinergia-no-emprego-conjunto-das-forcas-armadas.html|website=Blog do Exército Brasileiro|access-date=2023-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis|author=Resende Júnior, Márcio Nunes de|year=2021|title=Comando Conjunto de Operações Especiais: uma Proposta|url=https://repositorio.esg.br/bitstream/123456789/1447/1/CAEPE.58%20MarcioResendeJr.pdf|institution=Escola Superior de Guerra|type=Monograph}} p. 16.</ref> and is part of the [[Brazilian Air Force]]. Is responsible for planning, coordinating, executing and controlling the country's air and space operations.<ref name="COMAE 2">{{Cite news|url=https://br.linkedin.com/company/comae|title=COMAE media|access-date=12 July 2021|language=pt}}</ref> The [[Brazilian Navy]] and [[Brazilian Army]] also are part of the organization.

==Mission==

The COMAE was formed as a Brazilian Air Force command with the main mission of oversee all air and space operations in the country and includes personnel from the [[Brazilian Army]] and [[Brazilian Navy]]. Other missions include the operations of [[satellite]]s in orbit for [[imagery intelligence]], [[Communications satellite|military communications]], [[Reconnaissance satellite|reconnaissance]] and [[earth observation satellite|earth observation]] roles in joint operation with the [[Brazilian Space Agency]] and the [[National Institute for Space Research]] from the [[Space Operations Center (Brazil)|Space Operations Center]] (COPE), and other facilities in the country,<ref name="SGDC">{{cite web |url=https://www.fab.mil.br/noticias/mostra/35918/ESPA%C3%87O%20-%20Cerim%C3%B4nia%20marca%20inaugura%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20das%20instala%C3%A7%C3%B5es%20do%20Centro%20de%20Opera%C3%A7%C3%B5es%20Espaciais |title=Cerimônia marca inauguração das instalações do Centro de Operações Espaciais |website=[[Brazilian Air Force]] |date=June 24, 2020|language=pt}}</ref> also orbital and sub-orbital launches from the [[Alcântara Space Center]]. The organization also contributes to the sovereignty of airspace and to the integration of the national territory through air tracking systems such the [[CINDACTA]], similitar system to the North American [[NORAD]].<ref name="CINDACTA">{{cite web |url=https://www.fab.mil.br/noticias/mostra/36758/VISITA%20INSTITUCIONAL%20-%20Ministro%20da%20Justi%C3%A7a%20visita%20Comando%20de%20Opera%C3%A7%C3%B5es%20Aeroespaciais |title=Ministro da Justiça visita Comando de Operações Aeroespaciais