A special ceremony held at Space Command Headquarters, Royal Air Force High Wycombe on July 29 marked the official opening of UK Space Command, with the first ‘Space Operator’ Badges presented to personnel.
Minister for Defence Procurement Jeremy Quin and Military Chiefs at the new UK Space Command. The mission of the UK SpOC is to understand and monitor the Space Domain in order to protect, defend and assure access to the UK’s on-orbit assets or dependencies (Picture source UK MoD)