Commercial Satellite Survivability Task Force

Overview
At its first formal meeting on December 14, 1982, the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) established the '''Commercial Satellite Survivability Task Force (CSS''') to assess the vulnerability of the commercial satellite communications network and to determine what enhancements commercial carrier satellites and Earth terminals could provide to the NS/EP telecommunications infrastructure. The NSTAC's examination of select Federal satellite initiatives resulted in the development of a 12-point plan for improving the survivability and robustness of commercial satellite communications resources.