Coming: Joint Space Command

The Pentagon soon will consolidate many space operations under one roof. The new Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center, which will be set up at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., will not replace other commands entirely. According to a Sept. 11 Pentagon announcement, the change “will create unity of effort and facilitate information sharing across the national security space enterprise.” The new command, for example, still would support the Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The new command was established largely in reaction to increased threats to security of space-based assets.