U.S. Space Force space development, acquisition, launch, and logistics field command
For other uses, see Space Division.
Space Systems Command
Space Systems Command emblem
Founded
13 August 2021 (2 years, 9 months) as Space Systems Command
1 July 1954 (69 years, 10 months) as Western Development Division
Country
United States
Branch
United States Space Force
Type
Field command
Role
Space development
Space acquisition
Space launch
Space logistics[1]
Size
10,000 personnel[2]
Headquarters
Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, U.S.
Colors
Gold[3]
Decorations
Air Force Organization Excellence Award[4]
Website
ssc.spaceforce.mil
Commanders
Commander
Lt Gen Philip Garrant
Deputy Commander
Col Michele K. Idle
Senior Enlisted Leader
CMSgt Jacqueline Sauvé[5]
Insignia
Flag
Military unit
Space Systems Command (SSC) is the United States Space Force's space development, acquisition, launch, and logistics field command. It is headquartered at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, and manages the United States' space launch ranges.[6]
Space Systems Command is the oldest military space organization in the United States Armed Forces, first established as the Western Development Division (WDD) on 1 April 1954 under Air Research and Development Command to manage the U.S. Air Force's ballistic missile program. It gained responsibility for spacecraft development in 1955 and was renamed the Air Force Ballistic Missile Division (AFBMD) in 1957. As part of Air Research and Development Command's transformation the Air Force Ballistic Missile Division's space and missile responsibilities were split, with the Space Systems Division (SSD) established in 1961. In 1967, the Space Systems Division was reorganized as the Space and Missile Systems Organization (SAMSO), absorbing the Ballistic Systems Division. In 1979, the Space and Missile Systems Organization was renamed the Space Division and divested itself of ballistic missile development. In 1989, the Space Division returned to its historic name of the Space Systems Division and regained its ballistic missile development role in 1990.
With the merger of Air Force Systems Command and Air Force Logistics Command in 1992, the Space Systems Division was redesignated the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). In response to the recommendations of the Space Commission, in 2001 it was reassigned to Air Force Space Command, remaining attached through its redesignation as Space Operations Command in October 2020. On 22 April 2021, it transferred from a U.S. Air Force unit to a U.S. Space Force unit and was reassigned from Space Operations Command to Headquarters United States Space Force. On 13 August 2021, the Space and Missile Systems Center was renamed Space Systems Command and became a full U.S. Space Force field command.[7][4]
^"About Space Systems Command".
^"USSF establishes 2nd Field Command, Guetlein assumes command". 13 August 2021.
^"SSC Emblem Final Reveal".
^ ab"Space Systems Command (USSF) Lineage". Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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