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United States Space Command

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'''United States Space Command''' ('''USSPACECOM''') was a United States military Unified Combatant Command unified command created in 1985 to help institutionalize the use of space by the United States. The United States Department of Defense Department of Defense merged U.S. Space Command with the United States Strategic Command on October 1, 2002. Military space operations coordinated by USSC proved to be very valuable for the U.S.-led coalition in the 1991 Persian Gulf War Gulf War. The U.S. military has relied on communications, intelligence, navigation, missile warning and weather satellite systems in areas of conflict since the early 1990s, including the Balkans, Southwest Asia, and Afghanistan. Space systems are considered indispensable providers of tactical information to U.S. warfighters. As part of the ongoing initiative to transform the U.S. military, the DoD merged U.S. Space Command with the United States Strategic Command on October 1, 2002. The merger was intended to improve combat effectiveness and speeds up information collection and assessment needed for strategic decision-making.

External links

- FAS: United States Space Command (USSPACECOM)
- Archived website