{"id":16947,"date":"2019-08-22T01:03:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T01:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/22\/congressman-space-commands-initial-home-will-be-colorado\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:24:08","slug":"congressman-space-commands-initial-home-will-be-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2019\/08\/22\/congressman-space-commands-initial-home-will-be-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressman: Space Command\u2019s initial home will be Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. \u2014 A Colorado congressman says the initial headquarters for the Pentagon\u2019s new Space Command will be in his home state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn said Wednesday the command will officially start operations at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2019\/04\/09\/colorado-emerged-as-frontrunner-for-us-space-command-headquarters-do-other-states-still-have-a-chance\/\" target=_blank>Peterson Air Force Base <\/a>in Colorado Springs next month. Lamborn says he hopes the Pentagon will chose Peterson for the command\u2019s permanent headquarters. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2019\/08\/20\/space-command-to-launch-aug-29\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ULA_AEHF5_1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Space Command to launch Aug. 29<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Gen. 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