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If the relocation goes forward, U.S. Space Command would move by 2026.
Colorado lawmakers argue that moving U.S. Space Command to Alabama would be counterproductive as most of its workforce and industrial base reside in Colorado.
The Government Accountability Office and the Defense Department’s inspector general are investigating the decision to relocate U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama.
Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation have argued that the U.S. Space Command basing decision was politically motivated and not based on the Defense Department’s established objective criteria for selecting basing locations.
U.S. Space Command plans to provide Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin with ideas on norms of responsible behavior in space.
Germany, Italy and the United States participated earlier 2021 in AsterX, the first military space exercise led by the French Space Command.
France established a Space Command in 2019.
U.S. Space Command has about 1,500 personnel across its headquarters and field organizations.
U.S. Space Command was originally created in 1985 and deactivated in 2002 with its duties transferred to U.S. Strategic Command.
U.S. Space Command reached Initial Operational Capability on 2021-08-24.
The Air Force has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade military space facilities in Colorado, including Space Command’s current headquarters at Peterson Space Force Base.
Lawmakers asked the Department of the Air Force for an estimate of the cost to build a new U.S. Space Command headquarters at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.
Lt. Gen. John Shaw, U.S. Space Command deputy commander, delivered a keynote on 2021-08-09 at the 35th Small Satellite conference.
The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command provides satellite communication and other space support services to U.S. Space Command and maintains crews deployed around the world.
The headquarters of U.K. Space Command formally opened 2021-07-30 at RAF High Wycombe.
U.S. Space Command signed a data-sharing agreement with the Libre Space Foundation on 2021-07-01.
U.S. Space Command has signed space data-sharing agreements with 26 nations, two intergovernmental organizations, and three academic institutions that own, operate, launch, or provide services to satellite operators.
Rear Adm. Michael Bernacchi, Space Command’s director of plans, strategy and policy, signed the memorandum with the Libre Space Foundation on 2021-07-01.
Since the U.S. Space Force was established in December 2019, about 5,200 members of the former Air Force Space Command have transferred to the Space Force.
The Air Force invested millions of dollars to upgrade Space Command’s facilities at Peterson known as Building 1.