The Trump administration plans to relocate U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama. The move would reverse a Biden-era decision that had selected Colorado Springs as the permanent home in 2023. Space Command currently operates on an interim basis from Peterson Space Force Base and employs about 1,700 personnel. Huntsville hosts NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and major defense contractors and has long lobbied for the headquarters. The Pentagon briefly listed a public announcement before removing the wording. Defense officials estimate relocation could cost hundreds of millions of dollars and take several years to complete.
The Trump administration is planning to announce as early as Tuesday that it will relocate U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the deliberations. The move appears to reward a state that overwhelmingly supported President Donald Trump's three Republican presidential bids, at the expense of one that opposed them, although the administration has not provided a reason for the move.
The Pentagon's public affairs website said Trump was expected to make a "U.S. Space Command HQ Announcement" at 2 p.m. EDT (7pm Irish Time). Later, that wording was removed from the website. The decision would reverse a move made under former President Joe Biden's administration, which had selected Colorado Springs as the permanent home for the military's newest combatant command in 2023.
Huntsville, home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and a major hub for defense contractors, such as L3Harris LHX.N and Lockheed Martin LMT.N, has long lobbied for the Space Command headquarters. The Space Command, established in 2019 under the first Trump administration, is responsible for military operations beyond Earth's atmosphere and defending U.S. satellites from potential threats. Defense officials have previously estimated that relocating the headquarters could cost hundreds of millions of dollars and take several years to complete.
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