---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2275a"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2275a"
heading: "Requirements for protection of satellites"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2275a"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 135 — Space Programs"
---

# §2275a. Requirements for protection of satellites

- (a) **Establishment of Requirements.—** Before a major satellite acquisition [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) achieves Milestone A approval, or equivalent, the Chief of Staff of the Space Force, in consultation with the Commander of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) Space Command, shall establish requirements for the defense and resilience of the satellites under that [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) against the capabilities of adversaries to target, degrade, or destroy the satellites.
- (b) **Definitions.—** In this section:
  - (1) The term “major satellite acquisition [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1)” has the meaning given that term in [section 2275 of this title](/usc/10/2275.md).
  - (2) The term “Milestone A approval” has the meaning given that term in [section 4251 of this title](/usc/10/4251.md) 10.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title XVI, § 1601, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2929.)