Space Operations Command (SpOC) is a field command of the United States Space Force. Headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, it is responsible for the organization, training, equipping, command and control, and employment of space forces to support operational plans and missions for U.S. combatant commanders. It was also responsible for the Space Force's launch wings, Space Launch Delta 30 and Space Launch Delta 45, until the activation of Space Systems Command on 13 August 2021.
Space Operations Command, (formerly United States Space Force; Air Force Space Command) was established on 21 October 2020 with Lt Gen Stephen N. Whiting as the first commander. The Fourteenth Air Force that was redesignated Space Operations Command during the establishment of the Space Force was redesignated back to Fourteenth Air Force, inactivated on 21 Oct 2020, and subsequently returned to the United States Air Force. Space Operations Command West, commanded by Maj Gen John E. Shaw was newly constituted on 20 Oct 2020, and activated on 21 Oct 2020. It is a subordinate unit of Space Operations Command, serving as the headquarters and staff for United States Space Command’s (USSPACECOM) Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC).