Space command

In the United States, the Air Force and its various major commands were responsible for military space operations, however Air Defense Command was responsible for the majority of space operations.

In 1967, it was redesignated Aerospace Defense Command to emphasize its increased space role.

[3] In 1959, fearing U.S. Air Force dominance of the military space program, the United States Navy's chief of naval operations, Admiral Arleigh Burke, proposed the creation of a Defense Astronautical Agency to manage U.S. military space operations.

[6] With the September 11 Attacks, U.S. space forces were sidelined with the change in focus to the War on Terror.

[13][14] In 2020, Iran also unveiled their own Space Command under the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force.

[15] In 2020, NATO also established a Space Centre as part of Allied Air Command.