Headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, it plans, coordinates, supports, and conducts employment of space operations across the full range of military operations, including security cooperation, in support of the combatant command's objectives.

USSPACEFOR-CENT was supposed to be the first Space Force component field command.

[19] By May 2022, plans were changed to first establish the United States Space Forces Indo-Pacific (USSPACEFOR-INDOPAC) because China being the pacing threat.

[20][21][22] Mastalir then returned to Vandenberg and was replaced by Colonel Christopher S. Putman as director of space forces.

[1] On March 12, 2024, the component field command established the U.S. Space Forces Central Combat Detachment 3-1 (CDet 3-1), tasked with providing command and control for SPACECENT teams in the region that provide space-based capabilities such as missile warning detection, ensuring reliable communications and GPS.