COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — More than a dozen aerospace companies throughout the state rallied together to say Colorado should be the permanent home for U.S. Space Command.
The Gazette has learned 13 aerospace companies and accelerators sent a collective letter to Colorado's two Democratic U.S. senators, Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, saying the command should remain in Colorado. The decision to uproot the command remains under investigation by the Pentagon’s inspector general and the Government Accountability Office after then-President Donald Trump announced in January 2021 the command and its 1,400 troops would be permanently based in Huntsville, Alabama.
Findings from the investigations into potential political influences are expected soon. Regardless of those outcomes, the command will remain in Colorado Springs until at least 2026.
