U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) is a unified combatant command of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for military operations in outer space. It plans, executes, and integrates military spacepower into multi-domain global operations to deter aggression, defend national interests, and defeat threats when necessary. USSPACECOM is distinct from the U.S. Space Force, which organizes, trains, and equips space forces.
All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
Todd Pennington served as Staff Judge Advocate for US Space Force and as Judge Advocate for United States Space Command.
The Defence Space Safety Program is being advanced through work with Space Command and the Australian Space Agency.
US Space Command approved early use of DARC in September 2025.
Gen. Stephen Whiting delivered a keynote on the United States Space Command's Year of Integration at the 41st Space Symposium.
USSPACECOM used the 41st Space Symposium in Colorado Springs to present its 2026 organizing framework.
The USSF is collaborating with U.S. Space Command on space tugs and high-thrust reusable orbital transfer vehicles.
US Space Command would command and integrate the Fortress Moon architecture operationally.
USSPACECOM’s Apollo Insight exercise was organized under the direction of Cmdr. Heather Thomas, USSPACECOM’s Commercial Integration Branch Chief.
Gen. Stephen Whiting is the commander of USSPACECOM.
Lt. Gen. Dennis Bythewood is the Commander of USSPACECOM’s Combined Joint Forces Space Component.
USSPACECOM expects its Huntsville footprint to grow through 2027 and 2028 toward full headquarters stand-up early in the next decade.
US Space Command later refined its estimates to a broad elliptical corridor across the eastern Pacific and parts of northern Chile and Bolivia.
US Space Command initially assessed that Mars 96 might reenter over remote regions of Australia.
The U.S. Space Force strategy names the Office of the Secretary of Defense, SAF/IA, SAF/SQ, USSPACECOM, Task Force Futures or Space Futures Command, and the U.S. Intelligence Community as key organizations for implementation.
Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine identified US Space Command and US Cyber Command as the first movers in Operation Epic Fury.
USCYBERCOM and USSPACECOM conducted coordinated space and cyber operations that disrupted communications and sensor networks across the area of responsibility.
US Space Command used non-kinetic effects to disrupt Iranian space infrastructure during the initial hours of Operation Epic Fury.
Integrasys works with the US Space Force and US Space Command, the Government of Ukraine, NATO, and European ministries of defense.
Commercial firms seeking to participate in the March 23, 2026 exercise must hold appropriate security clearances and coordinate through the USSPACECOM J811 Commercial Integration Branch.
The Pentagon proceeded with initial steps to relocate US Space Command headquarters to Alabama despite the pending lawsuit.