List of space forces

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]

 1960–1981[note 6]
 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

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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 Space Command, Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps[13] 2020
 Russia Space Forces, Russian Aerospace Forces[14] 2015[note 7]

Space Command, Russian Aerospace Defence Forces[15]

 2011–2015[note 8]

Russian Space Forces[16]

 2001–2011

Strategic Missile Forces[17]

 1997–2001

Military Space Forces[18]

 1992–1997[note 9]

Rocket and Space Defence Troops, Russian Air Defence Forces[19][20]

 1992–1997[note 10]
 United Kingdom 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force[21] 2020
 United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command[22] 1997

Former countries
Country
Current		 Service
Indigenous name
Former		 Established
 Soviet Union Chief Directorate of Space Assets, Soviet Ministry of Defence[23][24] 1986–1992

Main Directorate of Space Assets, Soviet Ministry of Defence[25][26]

 1982–1986

Main Directorate of Space Assets, Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces[27][28]

 1970–1982

Central Directorate of Space Assets, Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces[29]

 1964–1970

3rd Department of the Main Missile Directorate of the Ministry of Defence[30]

 1960–1964

Artillery of the Supreme High Command Reserve[31][32]

 1955–1964
Anti-Ballistic Missile and Anti-Space Defence Forces, Soviet Air Defense Forces[33] 1967–1992

See also

Notes
  1. Gained space forces in 1963. Transferred space forces 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
  6. Gained space and missile warning responsibility in 1960
  7. Missile interceptors moved into the Aerospace Forces' Air and Missile Defense Forces
  8. Aerospace Defence Forces merged air defense and the Space Force's missile defense and space assets into one service
  9. Merged into the Strategic Missile Forces in 1997
  10. Rocket and Space Defence Troops moved into the Strategic Rocket Forces, while aviation and air defense forces merged into the Russian Air Force in 1997

References
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  27. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3536/1
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  29. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3536/1
  30. http://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/forces/cosmic/history.htm
  31. https://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/strategic_rocket/history.htm
  32. http://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/forces/cosmic/history.htm
  33. https://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/vks/50letRKO/history.htm
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