# Space Based Operations

**Agency:** Homeland Security  
**Account:** Research and Development  
**Source document:** United States Coast Guard · p. 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/homeland-security/space-based-operations  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 0.8 |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | 0.8 |
| FY2027 | request | 0.7 |

The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.


## Homeland Security discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $91.40B, FY2026 $88.60B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

This project explores space-based capabilities and supports the incorporation of satellite-based optical sensors, radar, and global positioning system (GPS) data into USCG systems. Resources will be leveraged to integrate these data and feeds with machine learning and data analytics to optimize detection and tracking capabilities.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Homeland Security › United States Coast Guard › Research and Development › Research and Development


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*