Trump Announces U.S. Space Command Headquarters Will Move to Huntsville, Alabama, With About 1,400 Jobs to Follow
On September 2, 2025, President Donald Trump announced at the White House in Washington that the headquarters of U.S. Space Command will move from Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, settling a site-selection dispute that had lasted for years.
Trump said Huntsville would from now on be known as "Rocket City." He said the move would result in more than 30,000 Alabama jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars of investment, and would save taxpayers about $480 million. He added that Space Command, once in Huntsville, would play a key role in building the Golden Dome missile defense system.
According to the City of Huntsville, about 1,400 Space Command jobs will transition to Redstone Arsenal over the next five years. Redstone Arsenal is a major U.S. Army installation that also hosts NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the Missile Defense Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation facilities.
U.S. Space Command is one of the eleven U.S. unified combatant commands and is responsible for military operations in space; it is distinct from the U.S. Space Force, a separate military service. Trump re-established Space Command in 2019, with its headquarters temporarily in Colorado Springs. In January 2021, after a formal basing evaluation, the Air Force selected Redstone Arsenal as the preferred permanent headquarters. In 2023, however, the previous administration's Defense Department decided to keep the headquarters permanently in Colorado Springs, touching off years of dispute between Alabama and Colorado.
In his announcement, Trump said the Air Force's independent evaluation had identified Huntsville as the right place. Alabama officials welcomed the decision, while Colorado officials criticized it. Under the plan, Space Command will shift to Redstone Arsenal in phases, with headquarters functions moving first and construction at the site continuing for several years.
(Source: The White House)
Source: The White House
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Photo: 图：位于阿拉巴马州 Huntsville 红石兵工厂内的火箭发动机测试台（资料图）。Carol M. Highsmith 摄，美国国会图书馆收藏，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。/ Photo: A rocket engine test stand at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama (file photo). Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress collection, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
