This is a list of space forces, units, and formations that identifies the current and historical antecedents and insignia for the military space arms of countries fielding a space component, whether an independent space force, multinational commands, joint command, or as a part of another military service.
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name |
Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
China | People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force[1] | 2024 | ||
People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force Space Systems Department[2] |
2015–2024 | |||
1998–2016 | ||||
United States | United States Space Force[4] | 2019 | ||
1982–2019 | ||||
1982–1985 | ||||
1963–1984[a] | ||||
1976–1980[b] | ||||
Fourteenth Aerospace Force (Aerospace Defense Command)[6] |
1968–1980[c] | |||
1961–1968 | ||||
1960–1961 [d] | ||||
1955–1964 [e] | ||||
Space and Missile Systems Center (Air Force Materiel Command)[6] |
1992–2001[f] | |||
Space Systems Division (Air Force Systems Command)[6] |
1989–1992 [g] | |||
Space Division (Air Force Systems Command)[6] |
1979–1989 | |||
Space and Missile Systems Organization (Air Force Systems Command)[6] |
1967–1979 | |||
1961–1967 | ||||
Air Force Ballistic Missile Organization (Air Research and Development Command)[6] |
1957–1961 | |||
Western Development Division (Air Research and Development Command)[6] |
1954–1957 | |||
1950–1954 | ||||
1947–1951[h] | ||||
1945–1947[i] |