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Trump signs defense bill establishing U.S. Space Force: What comes next [spacenews.com]

President Donald Trump on Dec. 20 signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. The bill creates the U.S. Space Force as the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces.

Trump signed the NDAA flanked by top defense and military officials at a ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.

"Today marks a landmark achievement as we officially inaugurate the newest branch or our military, the U.S. Space Force," Trump said. "This is very big and important moment."

The NDAA authorizes the establishment of the U.S. Space Force as a separate military branch to reside within the Department of the Air Force, the same way the Marine Corps is organized as an independent service in the Department of the Navy.

The USSF [wikipedia.org] has launched a website [military.com].

See also:

U.S. Space Command eager to hand over space traffic duties to Commerce Department [spacenews.com]
U.S. Space Command chief Raymond: 'I'm really excited for the Space Force' [spacenews.com]
NDAA conference agreement establishes U.S. Space Force, directs major overhaul of space acquisitions [spacenews.com]
Barrett: Air Force to 'move out smartly' on Space Force [spacenews.com]
Space Force may finally become real — but it won't be an overhaul [theverge.com]
Following standup of U.S. Space Force, Air Force bases could be renamed as space bases [spacenews.com]

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