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Florida Lawmakers Want New Space Command Based in State

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Florida Lawmakers Want New Space Command Based in State
An Atlas V rocket carrying the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO Flight 4 satellite lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Jan. 19, 2018. The SBIRS program delivers timely, reliable and accurate missile-warning and infrared surveillance information to the president of the United States, the secretary of defense, combatant commanders, the intelligence community and other key decision makers. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Airman 1st Class Dalton Williams)

Florida’s congressional delegation and governor are pushing hard for the Pentagon to base its future U.S. Space Command in the Sunshine State. A bipartisan group of House members led by House Armed Services Committee (HASC) members Reps. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) and Bill Posey (R-Fla.) on Tuesday sent a letter to Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, encouraging him to base the USSPACECOM headquarters in Florida. “Florida, with its existing civilian and commercial space infrastructure and launch capabilities, is uniquely suited, and…

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