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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[1]

1982–2019

Space Command[2]

1982–1985

Strategic Air Command[3]

1963–1984[note 1]

Aerospace Defense Command[3]

1968–1979[note 2]

Air Defense Command[3]

1960–1968 [note 3]

Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command[3]

1992–2001[note 4]

Space Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command[3]

1989–1992 [note 5]

Space Division, Air Force Systems Command[3]

1979–1989

Space and Missile Systems Organization, Air Force Systems Command[3]

1967–1979

Space Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command[3]

1961–1967

Air Force Ballistic Missile Organization, Air Research and Development Command[3]

1957–1961

Western Development Division, Air Research and Development Command[3]

1954–1957

Joint and multinational space commands

Country Current Service
Indigenous name 		Former Established
 Canada
 United States 		North American Aerospace Defense Command[3] 1981

North American Air Defense Command[3]

1958–1981
 India Defence Space Agency[4] 2018
 NATO Allied Air Command[5] 2013
 United States United States Space Command[6] 2019

Joint Force Space Component Commander, United States Strategic Command[7]

2017–2019

Joint Functional Component Command for Space, United States Strategic Command[7]

2006–2017

Joint Space Operations, United States Strategic Command[7]

2005–2006

United States Strategic Command[7]

2002–2005

United States Space Command[7]

1985–2002

Non–independent military space components

Country Current Service
Indigenous name 		Former Established
 Australia No. 1 Remote Sensor Unit, Royal Australian Air Force[8] 1992
 China Space Systems Department, People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force[9] 2016

People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department[10]

1998–2016
 France Space Command, French Air Force[11] 2019

Joint Space Command, French Air Force[12]

2010–2019
 Iran Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps[13] 1985
 Russia Space Forces, Russian Aerospace Forces[14] 2015

Space Command, Russian Aerospace Defence Forces[15]

2011–2015

Russian Space Forces[16]

2001–2011

Strategic Missile Forces[17]

1997–2001

Russian Space Forces[16]

1992–1997
 United Kingdom 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force[18] 2020
 United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command[19] 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 1979
  3. ^ Gained space and Missile warning responsibility in 1960
  4. ^ Moved into Air Force Space Command in 2001
  5. ^ Launch mission transferred to Air Force Space Command in 1990

References

  1. ^ a b "About Space Force". www.spaceforce.mil. Retrieved Aug 11, 2020.
  2. ^ "Air Force Space Command (USAF)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved Aug 11, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a355572.pdf
  4. ^ Raghuvanshi, Vivek (Jun 12, 2019). "India to launch a defense-based space research agency". Defense News. Retrieved Aug 11, 2020.
  5. ^ "Who we are". ac.nato.int. Retrieved Aug 11, 2020.
  6. ^ "United States Space Command Fact Sheet". United States Space Command. Retrieved Aug 11, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Re-establishing U.S. Space Command". purview.dodlive.mil. Retrieved Aug 11, 2020.
  8. ^ https://www.defence.gov.au/Publications/NewsPapers/Raaf/editions/5709a/5709a.pdf
  9. ^ "Welcome - Defense One". cdn.defenseone.com. Retrieved Aug 11, 2020.
  10. ^ https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=708400
  11. ^ "The United States should follow France's lead in space". SpaceNews. Sep 9, 2019. Retrieved Aug 11, 2020.
  12. ^ Mahlandt, Taylor (Aug 1, 2019). "France Wants to Use Lasers to Protect Its Satellites". Slate Magazine. Retrieved Aug 11, 2020.
  13. ^ "Iran's satellite launch carries more political weight than military significance". Apr 28, 2020. Retrieved Aug 11, 2020.
  14. ^ https://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/forces/cosmic.htm
  15. ^ Bodner, Matthew (Aug 3, 2015). "Russian Military Merges Air Force and Space Command". The Moscow Times. Retrieved Aug 11, 2020.
  16. ^ a b http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRNews1/FRNews01/FR010603.htm
  17. ^ Russian Public TV (ORT), Moscow, in Russian 1700 gmt March 28, 2001, via BBC Summary of World Broadcasts
  18. ^ Chuter, Andrew (Jan 15, 2020). "Former fighter pilot picked to lead British military's space command". Defense News. Retrieved Aug 11, 2020.
  19. ^ "History". www.smdc.army.mil. Retrieved Aug 11, 2020.
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