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Congressman: Space Command’s initial home will be Colorado

August 21, 2019
Space and Missile Systems Center of the U.S. Air Force's 5th Advanced Extreme High Frequency (AEHF-5 ) atop a United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket lifts off on Aug. 8, 2019 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (DoD)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado congressman says the initial headquarters for the Pentagon’s new Space Command will be in his home state.

Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn said Wednesday the command will officially start operations at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs next month. Lamborn says he hopes the Pentagon will chose Peterson for the command’s permanent headquarters.

The fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite was launched into orbit Aug. 8 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard an Atlas V rocket. It adds to the U.S. military’s secure communications satellite network. (United Launch Alliance)
Space Command to launch Aug. 29

Gen. Jay Raymond will inherit 87 units, covering “missile warning, satellite operations, space control and space support."

President Donald Trump formally launched Space Command in December. It’s designed to improve the organization of the military’s vast space operations amid growing concerns that China and Russia are working on ways to disrupt or destroy U.S. satellites.

Lamborn said Colorado Springs is a logical site for the new command because it’s already home to several military space operations. They include the 50th Space Wing, which operates more than 185 military satellites.

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