United States Space Command (USSPACECOM or SPACECOM) is a unified combatant command of the United States Department of Defense, responsible for military operations in outer space, specifically all operations 100 kilometers (62 miles) and greater above mean sea level. U.S. Space Command is responsible for the operational employment of space forces that are provided by the uniformed services of the Department of Defense. Space Command was originally created in September 1985 to provide joint command and control for all military forces in outer space and coordinate with the other combatant commands. SPACECOM was disestablished in 2002, and its responsibilities and forces were merged into United States Strategic Command. A second incarnation of Space Command was established on 29 August 2019, with a reemphasized focus on space as a warfighting domain. Mission Space Command's mission is: "To conduct operations in, from, and through space to deter conflict, and if necessary, defeat aggression, deliver space combat power for the Joint/Combined force, and defend U.S. vital interests with allies and partners." Organization United States Space Command has two subordinate components. The Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC) is responsible for planning and conducting global space operations, while also providing space effects to the other combatant commands and U.S. allied partners. Joint Task Force–Space Defense (JTF-SD) is responsible for conducting space superiority operations. On 16 November 2022 Combined Force Space Component Command and Joint Task Force–Space Defense will now report to the Combined Joint Task Force–Space Operations (CJTF-SO), a three-star subcommand of Space Command (the combatant command). JTF-SD continues to coordinate with the Intelligence Community through the National Space Defense Center. CFSCC continues to support the GPS operations and communications. CJTF-SO coordinates Space Command's Unified Command Plan. Combined Joint Task Force–Space Operations (CJTF–SO), Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC), Vandenberg Space Force Base, California Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC), Vandenberg Space Force Base, California Missile Warning Center (MWC), Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, Colorado Joint Overhead Persistent Infrared Center (JOPC), Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado Joint Navigation Warfare Center (JNWC), Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico Joint Task Force–Space Defense (JTF–SD), Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado National Space Defense Center (NSDC), Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Service components As a unified combatant command, Space Command has a number of service components that provide forces to it. Space and Missile Defense Command (land component) Marine Corps Forces Space Command (United