Is the Space Command headquarters relocation battle over?
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President Donald Trump is expected to make an announcement linked to the Ministry of Defense on Tuesday, with all eyes on an update of the space of the Space Command seat.
While Space Command operated from Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Trump has put pressure for the command seat to move to Huntsville, in Alabama. However, former President Joe Biden announced in 2023 that the command would remain based in Colorado.
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President Donald Trump speaks during a signature ceremony for “Space Policy Directive 4” in the White House Oval Office in Washington in 2019.
The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed to Fox News that Tuesday’s announcement was linked to the Ministry of Defense.
The agency initially published a live link for the announcement of Trump at 2 p.m. with a description that the event was linked to the headquarters of Space Command. The description was then updated to delete the mention of the space command.
The Associated Press also reported Tuesday that Trump will announce its intention to move the command of the Colorado space to the Alabama.
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The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed to Fox News that Tuesday’s announcement was linked to the Ministry of Defense. (Evan Vucci / The Associated Press)
The announcement comes both while Colorado and Alabama compete for space command, which Trump created in 2019 as a new combat command to supervise US military space operations and is currently involved in Trump’s Golden Dome initiative.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comments from Fox News Digital when it questioned the seat of Space Command.
Jacqui Heinrich de Fox News contributed to this report.
