Trump announces relocation of U.S. Space Command to Alabama

  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks about the relocation of U.S. Space Command during a White House press conference in Washington, Sept. 2, 2025.
    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks about the relocation of U.S. Space Command during a White House press conference in Washington, Sept. 2, 2025.

    During a press conference at the White House on Sept. 2, President Donald J. Trump announced that U.S. Space Command — one of the Defense Department’s 11 unified combatant commands — would be relocating from Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, to the Army’s Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.

    “I am thrilled to report that the U.S. Space Command headquarters will move to the beautiful locale o…