U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC) is a field command of the U.S. Space Force responsible for acquiring and delivering resilient warfighting capabilities to protect the nation's strategic advantage in space. It manages a significant space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense and works with the joint forces, government agencies, academic institutions, industry, and allied organizations. SSC is responsible for space development, acquisition, launch, and logistics, including managing U.S. space launch ranges. Key partners include the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Space Development Agency, Missile Defense Agency, and commercial space industry partners.
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Upon transfer to the U.S. Space Force, the Space Development Agency will receive acquisition authorities from the Service Acquisition Executive and will receive select administrative and integration support from Space Systems Command.
Space Systems Command will take over responsibilities currently performed by the Space and Missile Systems Center and by Space Force launch wings in Florida and California that are not part of SMC.
The U.S. Space Force unveiled details on 2021-04-08 to establish a Space Systems Command in Los Angeles to oversee development of next-generation technologies and procurement of satellites and launch services.
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office at Kirtland Air Force Base and the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency will not be part of Space Systems Command but will work closely with the new command.
The Space Systems Command deputy commander’s office will oversee procurement of launch services and space launch operations at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
The Space Force plans to establish Space Systems Command to oversee space technology development and procurement.
The reorganization to establish Space Systems Command will be resource neutral and will not require adding more people as units are realigned.
About 4,000 personnel who work for the space launch units at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California will be reassigned to Space Systems Command.
Space Systems Command will have many more missions than the current Space and Missile Systems Center.
Space Systems Command will absorb the Space and Missile Systems Center, a 67-year-old organization based at Los Angeles Air Force Base.
Space Systems Command will oversee a workforce of about 10,000 people.
The U.S. Space Force is standing up a Space Systems Command to oversee acquisitions and plans to build a space intelligence center.
Space Systems Command will include the Commercial Satellite Communications Office, a group based in the Washington, D.C. area that manages Defense Department procurement of commercial satcom.
Space Force organizations that oversee space launches at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, will become part of Space Systems Command.
Space Systems Command establishment planning was expected to be completed in the coming months with establishment beginning in spring 2021.
The Space Force plans to create a Space Systems Command to be run by a three-star general.
Space Systems Command will be stood up sometime in 2021 to oversee the development and acquisition of technologies.
The Space Force announced in June 2020 that it would stand up a Space Systems Command to oversee development and acquisition of next-generation technologies.
The Space Force intends for the Space Systems Command to work together with existing organizations including the Space and Missile Systems Center, the Space Development Agency, and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office.
The Space Systems Command is planned to be established sometime in 2021.