WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order soon, possibly as early as Tuesday, creating a US Space Command that will better organize and advance the military’s vast operations in space, US officials say. The US Air Force’s existing Space Command would be a key component of the new joint entity, raising space to the same status as US Cyber Command. The move would actually recreate a US Space Command, which existed from 1985 to 2002. Although Space Command went away, its functions did not. They were absorbed by US Strategic Command, and the Air Force retained its lead role in space through Air Force Space Command.

Source: Egypt Independent December 18, 2018 05:26 UTC