List of space forces

This is a list of space forces that identifies the current and historical names and insignia for the military space arms of countries fielding an space component, whether an independent space force, multinational commands, joint command, or as a part of another military service.

Independent space forces
Country
Current		 Service
Indigenous name
Former		 Established
 United States United States Space Force[1] 2019

Air Force Space Command[2]

 1982–2019

Space Command[3]

 1982–1985

Strategic Air Command[4]

 1946–1992[note 1]

Aerospace Defense Command[5]

 1968–1980[note 2]

Air Defense Command[6]

 1946–1968

Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command[7]

 1992–2001[note 3]

Space Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command[8]

 1989–1992 [note 4]

Space Division, Air Force Systems Command[9]

 1979–1989

Space and Missile Systems Organization, Air Force Systems Command[10]

 1967–1979

Space Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command[11]

 1961–1967

Air Force Ballistic Missile Organization, Air Research and Development Command[12]

 1957–1961

Western Development Division, Air Research and Development Command[13]

 1954–1957

Joint and multinational space commands
Country
Current		 Service
Indigenous name
Former		 Established
 Canada
 United States		 North American Aerospace Defense Command[14] 1981

North American Air Defense Command[15]

 1958–1981
 India Defence Space Agency[16] 2018
 NATO Allied Air Command[17] 2013
 United States United States Space Command[18] 2019

Joint Force Space Component Commander, United States Strategic Command[19]

 2017–2019

Joint Functional Component Command for Space, United States Strategic Command[20]

 2006–2017

Joint Space Operations, United States Strategic Command[21]

 2005–2006

United States Strategic Command[22]

 2002–2005

United States Space Command[23]

 1985–2002

Non–independent military space components
Country
Current		 Service
Indigenous name
Former		 Established
 Australia No. 1 Remote Sensor Unit, Royal Australian Air Force[24] 1992
 China Space Systems Department, People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force[25] 2016
 France Space Command, French Air Force[26] 2019

Joint Space Command, French Air Force[27]

 2010–2019
 Iran Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps[28] 1985
 Russia Space Forces, Russian Aerospace Forces[29] 2015

Space Command, Russian Aerospace Defence Forces[30]

 2011–2015

Russian Space Forces[31]

 2001–2011

Strategic Missile Forces[32]

 1997–2001

Russian Space Forces[33]

 1992–1997
 United Kingdom 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force[34] 2020
 United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command[35] 1997

See also

Notes
  1. Transferred space programs to Space Command in 1983 and 1984
  2. Missile warning and space surveillance activities moved into Strategic Air Command in 1980
  3. Moved into Air Force Space Command in 2001
  4. Launch mission transferred to Air Force Space Command in 1990

References
  1. https://www.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheet
  2. https://www.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheet
  3. https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433549/air-force-space-command-usaf/
  4. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a355572.pdf
  5. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a355572.pdf
  6. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a355572.pdf
  7. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a355572.pdf
  8. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a355572.pdf
  9. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a355572.pdf
  10. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a355572.pdf
  11. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a355572.pdf
  12. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a355572.pdf
  13. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a355572.pdf
  14. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a355572.pdf
  15. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a355572.pdf
  16. https://www.defensenews.com/space/2019/06/12/india-to-launch-a-defense-based-space-research-agency/
  17. https://ac.nato.int/about
  18. https://www.spacecom.mil/About/Fact-Sheets-Editor/Article/1948216/united-states-space-command-fact-sheet/
  19. https://purview.dodlive.mil/2018/10/01/reestablishing-u-s-space-command/
  20. https://purview.dodlive.mil/2018/10/01/reestablishing-u-s-space-command/
  21. https://purview.dodlive.mil/2018/10/01/reestablishing-u-s-space-command/
  22. https://purview.dodlive.mil/2018/10/01/reestablishing-u-s-space-command/
  23. https://purview.dodlive.mil/2018/10/01/reestablishing-u-s-space-command/
  24. https://www.defence.gov.au/Publications/NewsPapers/Raaf/editions/5709a/5709a.pdf
  25. https://cdn.defenseone.com/b/defenseone/interstitial.html?v=9.19.0&rf=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.defenseone.com%2Fideas%2F2018%2F09%2Fchina-has-space-force-what-are-its-lessons-pentagon%2F151665%2F
  26. https://spacenews.com/the-united-states-should-follow-frances-lead-in-space/
  27. https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/france-space-command-plan-satellites-lasers.html
  28. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/irans-satellite-launch-carries-more-political-weight-than-military-significance/
  29. https://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/forces/cosmic.htm
  30. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2015/08/03/russian-military-merges-air-force-and-space-command-a48710
  31. http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRNews1/FRNews01/FR010603.htm
  32. Russian Public TV (ORT), Moscow, in Russian 1700 gmt March 28, 2001, via BBC Summary of World Broadcasts
  33. http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRNews1/FRNews01/FR010603.htm
  34. https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2020/01/15/former-fighter-pilot-picked-to-lead-british-militarys-space-command/
  35. https://www.smdc.army.mil/ABOUT/History/
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