United Kingdom Space Command
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United Kingdom Space Command (UKSC) is a joint command of the British Armed Forces organised under the Royal Air Force,[1][2] and staffed by personnel from the Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force and the British Civil Service.[3] The UKSC has three functions: space operations, space workforce generation, and space capability.[4]
United Kingdom Space Command | |
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Founded | 1 April 2021 (3 years, 2 months) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Type | Joint space command |
Role | Space operations |
Headquarters | RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Commanders | |
Commander | Major General Paul Tedman |
UK Space Command was established on 1 April 2021, and from May 2024 is under the command of Major-General Paul Tedman. The new command has "responsibility for not just operations, but also generating, training and growing the force, and also owning the money and putting all the programmatic rigour into delivering new ... capabilities."[1] UKSC headquarters is at RAF High Wycombe co-located with Air Command.[5]
When fully operationally capable, UK Space Command will "provide command and control of all of Defence’s space capabilities, including [the] UK Space Operations Centre, Skynet (satellite) communications, RAF Fylingdales, and other enabling capabilities."[3] The command was initially planned to grow to about 650 personnel.[6]