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Colorado, New Mexico Lawmakers Press Biden on Space Command HQ Relocation to Alabama Newsweek 1/31/2021 Nicole Fallert © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Huntsville, Alabama has been chosen to host the permanent headquarters of the U.S. Space Command, but New Mexico lawmakers have written a. letter to President Biden challenging the decision. U.S. Air Force Space Command Gen. John Jay Raymond stands next to the flag of the newly established U.S. Space Command, the sixth national armed service, in the Rose Garden at the White House August 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. Citing potential threats from China and Russia and the nation’s reliance on satellites for defense operations, Trump said the U.S. needs to launch a space force. Raymond will serve as the first head of Space Command, which will have 87 active units handling operations such as missile warning, satellite surveillance, space control and space support.

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