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A space command is a

Air Force Space Command was established in 1982 and later became the United States Space Force
in 2019.

History

In the United States and Soviet Union, the early military space programs were managed by individual military services. In the United States, the Air Force and its various major commands were responsible for military space operations, however Air Defense Command was responsible for the majority of space operations. In 1967, it was redesignated

Army Space Command activated in 1988.[1]

Soviet space forces were organized under the

Anti-Ballistic Missile and Anti-Space Defense Forces were activated in 1967 and remained a part from the Strategic Missile Forces' space forces.[3]

In 1959, fearing U.S. Air Force dominance of the military space program, the

North American Aerospace Defense Command, emphasizing its space role.[4]

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Soviet space forces were reorganized into Russia's

Army Space and Missile Defense Command in 1997.[6]

With the

Joint Force Space Component Command.[7] In 2019, the United States reestablished United States Space Command, and in 2020, reorganized Air Force Space Command into the United States Space Force, becoming a full independent military branch, with Space Operations Command serving as its primary space command. To support U.S. Space Command, in 2020 the Navy created Navy Space Command, with United States Tenth Fleet as its operational arm, out of Fleet Cyber Command.[8]

Recognizing the growing importance of space operations, France created the

United Kingdom Strategic Command.[17] In 2021, the Royal Australian Air Force Chief of Air Force announced the intended creation of an Australian Space Command.[18]

List of space commands

Main article: List of space forces, units, and formations

See also

References

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