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</style><table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Space Command</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption">Insignia of Space Command</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">18 January 2022 - present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data">Joint Capabilities Group</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Joint <a href="Space_command" title="Space command">space command</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data">Space operations</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">"The Ultimate High Ground"</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Commander Space Command (COMD SPACECOMD)</th><td class="infobox-data">Major General Greg Novak</td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Space Command</b> (<b>SPACECOMD</b>), (formerly <b>Defence Space Command</b> (<b>DSpC</b>)), is an <a href="Australian_Defence_Force" title="Australian Defence Force">Australian Defence Force</a> integrated tri-service headquarters in <a href="Joint_Capabilities_Group" title="Joint Capabilities Group">Joint Capabilities Group</a> (JCG) tasked with conducting strategic <a href="Outer_space" title="Outer space">space</a> planning, as well as design, construction, maintenance and operation of space facilities. Space Command operates with personnel from the <a href="Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a>, <a href="Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a> and <a href="Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a> (RAAF) together with the <a href="Australian_Public_Service" title="Australian Public Service">Australian Public Service</a> reporting to the <a href="Chief_of_Joint_Capabilities" title="Chief of Joint Capabilities">Chief of Joint Capabilities</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RAAF_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAAF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2024, the Commander (COMD SPACECOMD) is Major General Greg Novak. <sup id="cite_ref-Space_Command_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Space_Command-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Space Command was initially formed under the RAAF in January 2022, and reorganised under JCG in July 2023 in response to the Australian Defence Strategic Review<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<ul><li><a href="Space_command" title="Space command">Space command</a></li></ul>

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</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.airforce.gov.au/our-mission/defence-space-command">"Defence Space Command"</a>. <i>Royal Australian Air Force</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 March</span> 2022</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-Space_Command-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Space_Command_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFHurst2022" class="citation news cs1">Hurst, Daniel (22 March 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/22/china-could-take-out-australian-satellites-says-new-head-of-defences-space-command">"China could 'take out' Australian satellites says new head of Defence's space command"</a>. The Guardian Australia<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 March</span> 2022</span>.</cite></span>

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<ul><li><a href="People's_Liberation_Army_Aerospace_Force" title="People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force">China</a></li>

<li><a href="Russian_Space_Forces" title="Russian Space Forces">Russia</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Colombian_Aerospace_Force" title="Colombian Aerospace Force">Colombia</a></li>

<li><a href="French_Air_and_Space_Force" title="French Air and Space Force">France</a></li>

<li><a href="Royal_Netherlands_Air_and_Space_Force" title="Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force">Netherlands</a></li>

<li><a href="Russian_Aerospace_Forces" title="Russian Aerospace Forces">Russia</a></li>

<li><a href="Spanish_Air_and_Space_Force" title="Spanish Air and Space Force">Spain</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="Air_force" title="Air force">Air forces</a> with space units and formations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Australia</a></li>

<li><a href="Brazilian_Air_Force" title="Brazilian Air Force">Brazil</a></li>

<li><a href="Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Canada</a></li>

<li><a href="German_Air_Force" title="German Air Force">Germany</a></li>

<li><a href="Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israel</a></li>

<li><a href="Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Air Self-Defense Force">Japan</a></li>

<li><a href="Royal_New_Zealand_Air_Force" title="Royal New Zealand Air Force">New Zealand</a></li>

<li><a href="Korean_People's_Army_Air_Force" title="Korean People's Army Air Force">North Korea</a></li>

<li><a href="Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan</a></li>

<li><a href="Republic_of_Korea_Air_Force" title="Republic of Korea Air Force">South Korea</a></li>

<li><a href="Royal_Thai_Air_Force" title="Royal Thai Air Force">Thailand</a></li>

<li><a href="Turkish_Air_Force" title="Turkish Air Force">Turkey</a></li>

<li><a href="Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">United Kingdom</a></li>

<li><a href="Vietnam_People's_Air_Force" title="Vietnam People's Air Force">Vietnam</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Defence_Space_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Defence Space Command">Australia</a></li>

<li><a href="Aerospace_Operations_Command" title="Aerospace Operations Command">Brazil</a></li>

<li><a href="French_Space_Command" title="French Space Command">France</a></li>

<li><a href="Defence_Space_Agency" title="Defence Space Agency">India</a></li>

<li><a href="Space_Operations_Command_(Italy)" title="Space Operations Command (Italy)">Italy</a></li>

<li><a href="Space_Operations_Group" title="Space Operations Group">Japan</a></li>

<li><a href="NORAD" title="NORAD">NORAD</a></li>

<li><a href="Russian_Space_Command" title="Russian Space Command">Russia</a></li>

<li><a href="Agency_for_Defense_Development" title="Agency for Defense Development">South Korea</a></li>

<li><a href="United_Kingdom_Space_Command" title="United Kingdom Space Command">United Kingdom</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">United States</a></li></ul>

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