President Trump Announces Relocation of U.S. Space Command Headquarters

Washington, September 2, 2025 - In an Oval Office address Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. Space Command headquarters will be relocated from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, renaming it “Rocket City.” The move reverses a 2023 decision by the Biden administration to build the permanent Space Command facility in Colorado Springs.

Trump, flanked by Vice President J.D. Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Alabama’s U.S. Senators Tommy Tuberville and Katie Britt, said the transfer will save taxpayers “hundreds of millions” of dollars and strengthen America’s missile-defense and space-operations capabilities. “This is the perfect place for Space Command,” he declared, highlighting Huntsville’s existing aerospace and defense infrastructure, including NASA, SpaceX, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

The president criticized Colorado’s reliance on mail-in voting, citing it as evidence of “dishonest elections,” and suggested political considerations factored into the prior site selection. He also outlined plans for the “Golden Dome” missile-defense system, a $175 billion initiative to intercept hostile threats via satellite, and hinted at Canadian participation.

In related remarks, Trump expressed disappointment with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine and indicated his administration would soon unveil measures to reduce casualties in that conflict. He downplayed concerns about a Russia-China alignment, asserting the United States still possesses “the strongest military in the world.”

The Space Command relocation is expected to be finalized by early 2026 and marks one of Trump’s most significant defense-policy decisions of his second term.