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United States Space Command

United States Space Command (USSPACECOM or SPACECOM) is a unified combatant command of the United States Department of Defense, responsible for military operations in outer space, specifically all operations 100 kilometers (62 miles) and greater above mean sea level. U.S. Space Command is responsible for the operational employment of space forces that are provided by the uniformed services of the Department of Defense. Space Command was originally created in September 1985 to provide joint command and control for all military forces in outer space and coordinate with the other combatant commands. SPACECOM was disestablished in 2002, and its responsibilities and forces were merged into United States Strategic Command. It was reestablished on 29 August 2019, with a reemphasized focus on space as a warfighting domain. The U.S. Space Force is the military service responsible for organizing, training, and equipping the majority of forces for U.S. Space Command, which also includes a smaller number of forces from each of the other branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Infobox

Role
Space command
Type
Unified combatant command
March
"Space Command March"
Active
23 September 1985 – 1 October 2002 (16 years, 10 months)(first incarnation) 29 August 2019 – present (6 years, 2 months)(second incarnation)
Country
United States
Website
www.spacecom.mil
Part of
Department of Defense
Commander
Gen Stephen Whiting, USSF
Decorations
mw- Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Headquarters
Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, U.S.
Deputy Commander
LTG Thomas L. James, USA
Command Senior Enlisted Leader
CMSgt Jacob C. Simmons, USSF

Tables

First U.S. Space Command service components
Army service components
Army service components
Name
Army service components
Naval service components
Naval service components
Name
Naval service components
Air Force service components
Air Force service components
Name
Air Force service components
Name
Headquarters
Dates
Army service components
Army Space Planning Group
1985–1986
Army Space Agency
Colorado Springs, Colorado
1986–1988
Army Space Command
1988–August 1992
Army Space and Strategic Defense Command
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
August 1992–1 October 1998
Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
1 October 1997 – 1 October 2002
Naval service components
Naval Space Command
Dahlgren, Virginia
1 October 1985 – July 2002
Naval Network Warfare Command
Norfolk, Virginia
July 2002 – 1 October 2002
Air Force service components
Air Force Space Command
Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado
23 September 1985 – 23 March 1992
Fourteenth Air Force
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
23 March 1992 – 1 October 2002
Service components
Service components
Name
Service components
Functional components
Functional components
Name
Functional components
Name
Function
Headquarters
Service components
United States Space Forces – SpaceCombined Joint Force Space Component Commander (CJFSCC)
Plans, integrates, conducts, and assesses global space operations in order to deliver combat relevant space effects, in, from, and to space
Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Develop and provide Army space, missile defense, and high altitude forces
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
Marine Corps Forces Space Command
Provides space operational support to the Fleet Marine Force
Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado
Navy Space Command
Responsible for Navy information network operations, offensive and defensive cyberspace operations, space operations and signals intelligence
Fort Meade, Maryland
Air Forces Space
Ensures the aerospace control and air defense of the continental United States, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
Functional components
Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense
Synchronizes global missile defense planning
Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado
Combined Space Operations Center (subordinated to SPACEFOR–SPACE)
Execute operational command and control of space forces to achieve theater and global objectives.
Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Joint Navigation Warfare Center (subordinate to SPACEFOR–SPACE)
Enable positioning, navigation and timing superiority
Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico
Joint Overhead Persistent Infrared Center (subordinate to SPACEFOR–SPACE)
Conduct integrated mission management to optimize the overhead persistent infrared enterprise
Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado
Missile Warning Center (subordinate to SPACEFOR–SPACE)
Delivers global strategic and theater missile warning and nuclear detonation detection
Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, Colorado
National Space Defense Center (subordinate to SPACEFOR–SPACE)
Coordinates military, intelligence, civil, and commercial space for unified space defense operations
Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado
Joint Force Headquarters Cyber - Air Force
Cyber support from U.S. Cyber Command
Joint Base San Antonio, Texas
Space Command locations
Buckley Space Force Base
Buckley Space Force Base
Name
Buckley Space Force Base
Location
Aurora
State
Colorado
Major USSPACECOM unit emblem
Major USSPACECOM unit
Joint Overhead Persistent Infrared Center
Kirtland Air Force Base
Kirtland Air Force Base
Name
Kirtland Air Force Base
Location
Albuquerque
State
New Mexico
Major USSPACECOM unit emblem
Major USSPACECOM unit
Joint Navigation Warfare Center
Fort Meade
Fort Meade
Name
Fort Meade
Location
Fort Meade
State
Maryland
Major USSPACECOM unit emblem
Major USSPACECOM unit
Navy Space Command
Peterson Space Force Base
Peterson Space Force Base
Name
Peterson Space Force Base
Location
Colorado Springs
State
Colorado
Major USSPACECOM unit emblem
Major USSPACECOM unit
United States Space Command
Other USSPACECOM units
Marine Corps Forces Space Command
Redstone Arsenal
Redstone Arsenal
Name
Redstone Arsenal
Location
Huntsville
State
Alabama
Major USSPACECOM unit emblem
Major USSPACECOM unit
Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Schriever Space Force Base
Schriever Space Force Base
Name
Schriever Space Force Base
Location
Colorado Springs
State
Colorado
Major USSPACECOM unit emblem
Major USSPACECOM unit
National Space Defense Center
Tyndall Air Force Base
Tyndall Air Force Base
Name
Tyndall Air Force Base
Location
Panama City
State
Florida
Major USSPACECOM unit emblem
Major USSPACECOM unit
Air Forces Space
Vandenberg Space Force Base
Vandenberg Space Force Base
Name
Vandenberg Space Force Base
Location
Lompoc
State
California
Major USSPACECOM unit emblem
Major USSPACECOM unit
United States Space Forces – Space
Other USSPACECOM units
Combined Space Operations Center
Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station
Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station
Name
Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station
Location
Cheyenne Mountain
State
Colorado
Major USSPACECOM unit emblem
Major USSPACECOM unit
Missile Warning Center
Name
Location
State
Major USSPACECOM unit emblem
Major USSPACECOM unit
Other USSPACECOM units
Buckley Space Force Base
Aurora
Colorado
Joint Overhead Persistent Infrared Center
Kirtland Air Force Base
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Joint Navigation Warfare Center
Fort Meade
Fort Meade
Maryland
Navy Space Command
Peterson Space Force Base
Colorado Springs
Colorado
United States Space Command
Marine Corps Forces Space Command
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Alabama
Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Schriever Space Force Base
Colorado Springs
Colorado
National Space Defense Center
Tyndall Air Force Base
Panama City
Florida
Air Forces Space
Vandenberg Space Force Base
Lompoc
California
United States Space Forces – Space
Combined Space Operations Center
Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station
Cheyenne Mountain
Colorado
Missile Warning Center
· List of commanders
Portrait
Portrait
No.
Portrait
Commander
Name
Commander
Took office
Term
Left office
Term
Term length
Commander–in–Chief, United States Space Command
Commander–in–Chief, United States Space Command
No.
Commander–in–Chief, United States Space Command
1
1
No.
1
Commander
Commander
GeneralRobert T. Herres
Term
23 September 1985
Term
6 February 1987
Term
1 year, 136 days
Service branch
U.S. Air Force
2
2
No.
2
Commander
Commander
GeneralJohn L. Piotrowski
Term
6 February 1987
Term
30 March 1990
Term
3 years, 84 days
Service branch
U.S. Air Force
3
3
No.
3
Commander
Commander
GeneralDonald J. Kutyna
Term
1 April 1990
Term
30 June 1992
Term
2 years, 60 days
Service branch
U.S. Air Force
4
4
No.
4
Commander
Commander
GeneralChuck Horner
Term
30 June 1992
Term
13 September 1994
Term
2 years, 75 days
Service branch
U.S. Air Force
5
5
No.
5
Commander
Commander
GeneralJoseph W. Ashy
Term
13 September 1994
Term
26 August 1996
Term
1 year, 348 days
Service branch
U.S. Air Force
6
6
No.
6
Commander
Commander
GeneralHowell M. Estes III
Term
26 August 1996
Term
14 August 1998
Term
1 year, 353 days
Service branch
U.S. Air Force
7
7
No.
7
Commander
Commander
GeneralRichard B. Myers
Term
14 August 1998
Term
22 February 2000
Term
1 year, 192 days
Service branch
U.S. Air Force
8
8
No.
8
Commander
Commander
GeneralRalph Eberhart
Term
22 February 2000
Term
1 October 2002
Term
2 years, 221 days
Service branch
U.S. Air Force
Commander, United States Space Command
Commander, United States Space Command
No.
Commander, United States Space Command
1
1
No.
1
Commander
Commander
GeneralJohn W. Raymond
Term
29 August 2019
Term
20 August 2020
Term
357 days
Service branch
U.S. Space Force
2
2
No.
2
Commander
Commander
GeneralJames H. Dickinson
Term
20 August 2020
Term
10 January 2024
Term
3 years, 143 days
Service branch
U.S. Army
3
3
No.
3
Commander
Commander
GeneralStephen Whiting
Term
10 January 2024
Term
Incumbent
Term
1 year, 298 days
Service branch
U.S. Space Force
No.
Commander
Term
Service branch
Portrait
Name
Took office
Left office
Term length
Commander–in–Chief, United States Space Command
1
GeneralRobert T. Herres
23 September 1985
6 February 1987
1 year, 136 days
Air Force
2
GeneralJohn L. Piotrowski
6 February 1987
30 March 1990
3 years, 84 days
Air Force
3
GeneralDonald J. Kutyna
1 April 1990
30 June 1992
2 years, 60 days
Air Force
4
GeneralChuck Horner
30 June 1992
13 September 1994
2 years, 75 days
Air Force
5
GeneralJoseph W. Ashy
13 September 1994
26 August 1996
1 year, 348 days
Air Force
6
GeneralHowell M. Estes III
26 August 1996
14 August 1998
1 year, 353 days
Air Force
7
GeneralRichard B. Myers
14 August 1998
22 February 2000
1 year, 192 days
Air Force
8
GeneralRalph Eberhart
22 February 2000
1 October 2002
2 years, 221 days
Air Force
Commander, United States Space Command
1
GeneralJohn W. Raymond
29 August 2019
20 August 2020
357 days
Space Force
2
GeneralJames H. Dickinson
20 August 2020
10 January 2024
3 years, 143 days
Army
3
GeneralStephen Whiting
10 January 2024
Incumbent
1 year, 298 days
Space Force

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