Landmark UK Space Command to open next week
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16th July 2021
The UK Space Command is expected to formally open its headquarters inside RAF High Wycombe in the coming days, as the organisation continues to determine the kinds of technologies and capabilities it will field in the months and years ahead.
Speaking at the 2021 Global Air Chiefs’ Conference on July 14, AVM Paul Godfrey, commander UK Space Command, said the HQ facility would open on July 22, and provided further outlines as to the direction of thinking regarding the Vision 2030 strategy.
Having been formed following the UK's Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper published earlier this year, the UK Space Command has been building up its physical infrastructure. UK MOD/Crown copyright