United States Space Command

Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC), Vandenberg Air Force Base

• Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC), Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
• Missile Warning Center (MWC), Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colorado
• Joint Overhead Persistent Infrared Center (JOPC), Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado
• Joint Navigation Warfare Center (JNWC), Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico

Joint Task Force-Space Defense (JTF–SD), Schriever Air Force Base

• National Space Defense Center (NSDC), Schriever Air Force Base

• Space and Missile Defense Command (Army)[7]
• Fleet Cyber Command (Navy)[8]
• Sixteenth Air Force (Air Force / Cyber Component)[9]
• Space Operations Command (Space Force)

• Army
  • Army Space Agency (1986–1988)
  • Army Space Command (1988–1992)
  • Army Space and Strategic Defense Command (1992–1997)
• Naval Space Command (1985–2002)
• Air Force Space Command (1985–2019)

First U.S. Space Command seal

United States Space Command was established in as a functional combatant command 1985 to provide joint command and control of the Air Force, Army, and Navy's space forces, as well as prepare for the implementation of the Strategic Defense Initiative.[10][11]

In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, the armed forces' focus on homeland defense and counter-terrorism was significantly increased, which resulted in space being deemphasized. It was in this context that the unified command plan was reevaluated, resulting in U.S. Northern Command being established for the defense of the North American continent, while U.S. Space Command was merged with U.S. Strategic Command, where its responsibilities were absorbed into the Joint Functional Component Command for Space and Global Strike. In 2006, this would be replaced by the Joint Functional Component Command for Space, and in 2017, be reorganized as the Joint Force Space Component Commander.[12]

Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC Space) Emblem

Joint Force Space Component Command seal

Left to right: USSPACECOM Commander General John Raymond, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in the White House Rose Garden for the 2019 reestablishment signing ceremony

The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which was signed into law in 2018, directed the reestablishment of U.S. Space Command as a sub-unified combatant command under U.S. Strategic Command; however, in December 2018, the Trump administration directed that U.S. Space Command instead be reestablished as a full unified combatant command, with full responsibilities for space warfighting held under U.S. Strategic Command.[13][14]

On March 26, 2019, U.S. Air Force General John W. Raymond was nominated to be Commander of the reestablished USSPACECOM, pending Senate approval.[15][16]

In 2019 the Air Force released that the list of finalists for the Headquarters of Space Command are: Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Schriever Air Force Base, Peterson Air Force Base, Buckley Air Force Base, Vandenberg Air Force Base, and Redstone Arsenal.[17]

U.S. Space Command was officially reestablished on August 29, 2019 during a ceremony at the White House.[18] The former Joint Force Space Component Commander was dissolved and folded into Space Command.

USSPACECOM has two subordinate commands: Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC), and Joint Task Force Space Defense (JTF-SD) with commanders AF Maj. Gen. Stephen Whiting, and Army BG Gen. Tom James, respectively.[19] CFSCC plans, integrates, conducts, and assesses global space operations in order to deliver combat relevant space capabilities to Combatant Commanders, Coalition partners, the Joint Force, and the Nation. JTF-SD conducts, in unified action with mission partners, space superiority operations to deter aggression, defend U.S. and allied interests, and defeat adversaries throughout the continuum of conflict.[2][19]

• Air Force: 8[22]
• Space Force: 1
• Army: none
• Marine Corps: none
• Navy: none
• Coast Guard: none