Space Command is responsible for military operations beyond Earth's atmosphere.

It's separate from the US Space Force, which is a service branch of the military – like the Army or Navy – responsible for organizing, training and equipping personnel.

The Space Command was reestablished in 2019 under the first Trump administration with a new focus on potential space-based combat.

The headquarters for U.S. Space Command .

announced Tuesday, Sept. 2, that Space Command's headquarters will be relocated from Colorado to Alabama. The move is the latest update in a years-long battle over the home of the military's newest combatant command, which is now based in Colorado Springs.

But while Colorado officials have touted the state's ties to the Air Force as a reason for Space Command to remain t

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