List of space forces, units, and formations

This is a list of space forces, units, and formations that identifies the current and historical antecedents and insignia for the military space arms of countries fielding a space component, whether an independent space force, multinational commands, joint command, or as a part of another military service.

People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force Space Systems Department [zh][2] People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department[3] Air Force Space Command[4] Space Command[5] Strategic Air Command[6] Aerospace Defense Command[6] Fourteenth Aerospace Force (Aerospace Defense Command)[6] 9th Aerospace Defense Division (Air Defense Command)[6] Air Defense Command[6] Air Force Security Service[7][8] Space and Missile Systems Center (Air Force Materiel Command)[6] Space Systems Division (Air Force Systems Command)[6] Space Division (Air Force Systems Command)[6] Space and Missile Systems Organization (Air Force Systems Command)[6] Space Systems Division (Air Force Systems Command)[6] Air Force Ballistic Missile Organization (Air Research and Development Command)[6] Western Development Division (Air Research and Development Command)[6] Air Research and Development Command[6] Air Materiel Command[6] United States Army Air Forces[6] Joint Space Command (French Air Force)[10] Russian Space Command (Russian Aerospace Defence Forces)[13] Russian Space Forces[14] Russian Strategic Rocket Forces[14] Military Space Forces[14] Rocket and Space Defence Troops (Russian Air Defence Forces)[14][15] Anti-Ballistic Missile and Anti-Space Defense Forces (Soviet Air Defense Forces)[15] Chief Directorate of Space Assets (Soviet Ministry of Defence)[16][17] Main Directorate of Space Assets (Soviet Armed Forces General Staff)[14][17] Main Directorate of Space Assets (Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces)[18][17] Central Directorate of Space Assets (Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces)[18] 3rd Department of the Main Missile Directorate of the Ministry of Defence[17] Artillery of the Supreme High Command Reserve[19][17] North American Air Defense Command[6] Allied Air Command[23] United Kingdom Strategic Command[27] Joint Forces Command[27] Joint Force Space Component Command (U.S. Strategic Command)[29] Joint Functional Component Command for Space (U.S. Strategic Command)[29] Joint Space Operations (U.S. Strategic Command)[29] United States Strategic Command[29] United States Space Command[29] Aerospace Defense Command[6] Continental Air Defense Command[6] Advanced Research Projects Agency[6] Air and Space Operations Centre [de] (German Air Force)[35] Space Situational Awareness Center [de] (German Air Force)[36] Reconnaissance Satellites Command[47] Air and Space Force Development Center 1001 Signal Unit (Royal Air Force)[49][50] Army Space and Strategic Defense Command[52] Army Space Command[53] Army Space Agency[54] Army Space Planning Group[54] Army Staff Program Element at Air Force Space Command[54] Army Strategic Defense Command[54] Ballistic Missile Defense Organization[55] Safeguard program[55] Sentinel program[55] Nike–X Project Office[55] Nike–Zeus Project Office (Army Missile Command)[55] Army Ballistic Missile Agency (Army Ordnance Missile Command)[56] Army Ordnance Corps[56] Army Ordnance Department[56] Army Information Systems Command[53] Army Communications Command[53] Army Strategic Communications Command[55] Army Signal Corps[55] Marine Corps Forces Strategic Command[57] Fleet Cyber Command / Tenth Fleet[59] Naval Network Warfare Command[60] Naval Space Command[60] Naval Astronautics Group[61] Naval Space Surveillance Center[61] Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command[61] Naval Electronic Systems Command[61] Naval Air Systems Command[61] Naval Material Command[61] Bureau of Naval Weapons[61] Bureau of Ships[61] Project Vanguard (Naval Research Laboratory)[61] Naval Research Laboratory[61]