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Rocket City Takes Command: Where Did USSPACECOM Get Its Start and How Did We Get Here?

U.S. Space Command's headquarters relocation to Huntsville is expected to create approximately 1,700 direct jobs and 3,000 spinoff positions, reversing a prior decision to remain in Colorado Springs.

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REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (WHNT) — With a name like "Space Command," you would think that the move to America's Rocket City would be a natural one. However, it didn't start here. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump authorized the move of the U.S. Space Command's Headquarters to Redstone Arsenal from its provisional headquarters at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs. The command as we know it was established in August 2019, but for many Am…

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September 3, 2025 – CULLMAN, Alabama – Agencies. Cullman City leaders are excited about moving the U.S. Space Command to Huntsville. Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs points out that they are assessing how closeness, just 54 miles away, will benefit their city. Jacobs expressed his great joy that the Space Command will return home, as he describes it, after having been absent for a while. Mayor Jacobs commented that he had an idea of the relocation of …

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Alabama Live broke the news in Alabama, United States on Wednesday, September 3, 2025.
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