Navy Space Command | |
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Active | April 2019 – present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Navy |
Part of | U.S. Space Command |
Garrison/HQ | Fort Meade, Maryland |
Motto(s) | Tridens Ad Astra (Latin) |
Commanders | |
Commander | Vice Admiral Craig Clapperton |
The Navy Space Command (abbreviated NAVSPACECOM) is a command that is tasked with developing space capability to provide the United States Navy with global communications, targeting, and reconnaissance using space-based assets. It was formed in 2002, when the former Naval Space Command was disbanded and replaced by NAVSPACECOM as the Navy service component of the U.S. Space Command.