Space force, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 74 relations: Aerospace Defense Command, Aerospace force, Air force, Air Force Systems Command, Allies of World War II, Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Artillery, Ballistic missile, Chief of the Defence Staff (France), DARPA, Defence Space Agency, Emmanuel Macron, Energia (corporation), Falklands War, French Air and Space Force, French Armed Forces, French Space Command, German Army (1935–1945), Government of Spain, Gulf War, Interservice rivalry, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force, Kármán line, List of space forces, units, and formations, Main Missile and Artillery Directorate, Militarisation of space, Military, Military branch, MW 18014, NASA, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, Outer space, Peenemünde Army Research Center, People's Liberation Army, People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force, People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department, People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force, Politics of outer space, President of France, Ranks and insignia of space forces, Reserve of the Supreme High Command, Russian Aerospace Defence Forces, Russian Aerospace Forces, Russian Air Force, Russian Space Command, Russian Space Forces, Sergei Korolev, Soviet Air Defence Forces, Soviet Army, Space Force Association, ... Expand index (24 more) »

2. Military branches
3. Outer space
4. Space law
5. Space units and formations
6. Space warfare
7. Types of military forces

Aerospace Defense Command

Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Force, responsible for air defense of the continental United States.

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Aerospace force

Aerospace force or air and space force may refer to.

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Air force

An air force in the broadest sense is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare.

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Air Force Systems Command

The Air Force Systems Command (AFSC) is an inactive United States Air Force Major Command.

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Allies of World War II

The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.

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Army Ballistic Missile Agency

The Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) was formed to develop the U.S. Army's first large ballistic missile.

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Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

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Ballistic missile

A ballistic missile (BM) is a type of missile that uses projectile motion to deliver warheads on a target.

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Chief of the Defence Staff (France)

The Chief of the Defence Staff (Chef d'État-Major des Armées) is the military head of the Armed Forces of the French Republic, overseeing all military operations (under reserve of the particular dispositions relative to nuclear deterrence).

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DARPA

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.

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Defence Space Agency

The Defence Space Agency (DSA) is an integrated tri-services agency of the Indian Armed Forces headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Space force and Defence Space Agency are space units and formations.

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Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has been serving as the 25th president of France since 2017 and ex officio one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra.

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Energia (corporation)

PAO S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (Raketno-kosmicheskaya korporatsiya "Energiya" im.), also known as RSC Energia (РКК «Энергия», RKK "Energiya"), is a Russian manufacturer of spacecraft and space station components.

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Falklands War

The Falklands War (Guerra de Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

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French Air and Space Force

The French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) is the air and space force of the French Armed Forces. Space force and French Air and Space Force are space units and formations.

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French Armed Forces

The French Armed Forces (Forces armées françaises) are the military forces of France.

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French Space Command

The French Space Command (Commandement de l'Espace, CdE) is a formation of the French Air and Space Force, which deals with space issues. Space force and French Space Command are space units and formations.

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German Army (1935–1945)

The German Army (Heer) was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, the regular armed forces of Nazi Germany, from 1935 until it effectively ceased to exist in 1945 and then was formally dissolved in August 1946.

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Government of Spain

The government of Spain (Gobierno de España) is the central government which leads the executive branch and the General State Administration of the Kingdom of Spain.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.

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Interservice rivalry

Interservice rivalry is rivalry between different branches of a country's armed forces. Space force and Interservice rivalry are military branches.

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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force, officially known as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air and Space Force (IRGCASF; niru-ye havâfazây-e sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enghelâb-e eslâmi, acronymed in Persian as NEHSA), is the strategic missile, air, and space force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Space force and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force are space units and formations.

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Kármán line

The Kármán line (or von Kármán line) is a conventional definition of the edge of space. Space force and Kármán line are outer space.

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List of space forces, units, and formations

This is a list of space forces, units, and formations that identifies the current and historical antecedents and insignia for the military space arms of countries fielding a space component, whether an independent space force, multinational commands, joint command, or as a part of another military service. Space force and list of space forces, units, and formations are space units and formations.

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Main Missile and Artillery Directorate

The Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to by its transliterated Russian acronym GRAU, is a department of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

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Militarisation of space

The militarisation of space involves the placement and development of weaponry and military technology in outer space.

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Military

A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.

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Military branch

Military branch (also service branch or armed service) is according to common standard a subdivision of the national armed forces of a sovereign nation or state. Space force and Military branch are military branches.

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MW 18014

MW 18014 was a German A-4 test rocket launched on 20 June 1944, at the Peenemünde Army Research Center in Peenemünde.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA 2020) is a United States federal law which specifies the budget, expenditures and policies of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal year 2020.

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Outer space

Outer space (or simply space) is the expanse that exists beyond Earth's atmosphere and between celestial bodies.

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Peenemünde Army Research Center

The Peenemünde Army Research Center (Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde, HVP) was founded in 1937 as one of five military proving grounds under the German Army Weapons Office (Heereswaffenamt).

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People's Liberation Army

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China.

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People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force

The People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force is an arm of the People's Liberation Army. Space force and People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force are space units and formations and space warfare.

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People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department

People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department (GAD) was in charge of equipping and arming the People's Liberation Army of China, as well as overseeing and improving military technology.

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People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force

The People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force was a service branch of the People's Liberation Army that existed from December 2015 to April 2024. Space force and People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force are space units and formations.

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Politics of outer space

The politics of outer space includes space treaties, law in space, international cooperation and conflict in space exploration, international economics, and the hypothetical political impact of any contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. Space force and politics of outer space are outer space.

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President of France

The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces.

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Ranks and insignia of space forces

Comparison of ranks and insignia of all current and former space forces, to include aerospace forces and air and space forces or air forces with space units and formations.

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Reserve of the Supreme High Command

The Reserve of the Supreme High Command (Russian: Резерв Верховного Главнокомандования; also known as the Stavka Reserve or RVGK (РВГК.) or RGK (РГК — Резерв Главного Командования). comprises reserve military formations and units; the Stavka Reserve acted as the principal military reserve of the Soviet Red Army during World War II, and the RVGK now operates as part of the Russian Armed Forces under the control of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces (Верховный главнокомандующий.) — the President of the Russian Federation.

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Russian Aerospace Defence Forces

The Russian Aerospace Defence Forces or Russian Air and Space Defence Forces (VVKO) (Voyska vozdushno-kosmicheskoy oborony (VVKO)) was a branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation responsible for aerospace defence, and the operation of Russian military satellites and the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Space force and Russian Aerospace Defence Forces are space warfare.

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Russian Aerospace Forces

The Russian Aerospace Forces (Russian: VKS) or Russian Air and Space Forces comprise the aerial, space warfare, and missile defence branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Space force and Russian Aerospace Forces are space units and formations.

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Russian Air Force

The Russian Air Force (Voenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii, VVS) is a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the latter being formed on 1 August 2015 with the merging of the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.

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Russian Space Command

Space Command (Космическое командование) was the part of the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces responsible for military space-related activities.

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Russian Space Forces

The Russian Space Forces (Kosmicheskie voyska Rossii, KV) are the space force branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Space force and Russian Space Forces are space units and formations and space warfare.

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Sergei Korolev

Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov,; Serhii Pavlovych Koroliov,; 14 January 1966) was the lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer during the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Soviet Air Defence Forces

The Soviet Air Defence Forces (войска ПВО, voyska protivovozdushnoy oborony, voyska PVO, V-PVO, lit. Anti-Air Defence Troops; and formerly protivovozdushnaya oborona strany, PVO strany, lit. Anti-Air Defence of the Country) was the air defence branch of the Soviet Armed Forces.

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Soviet Army

The Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union (Sovetskiye sukhoputnye voyska) was the land warfare service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1946 to 1992.

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Space Force Association

The Space Force Association (SFA) is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that serves as a professional military association, space advocacy group, and space education association for the United States Space Force and space professionals at large.

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Space Force Delta

The Space Force Delta is the official logo of the U.S. Space Force, the space warfare service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces.

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Space Operations Command

Space Operations Command (SpOC) is the United States Space Force's space operations, cyber operations, and intelligence field command. Space force and space Operations Command are space warfare.

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Space Systems Command

Space Systems Command (SSC) is the United States Space Force's space development, acquisition, launch, and logistics field command.

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Space warfare

Space warfare is combat in which one or more belligerents are in outer space.

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Spanish Air and Space Force

The Spanish Air and Space Force (SASF) (Army of the Air and Space) is the aerial and space warfare branch of the Spanish Armed Forces. Space force and Spanish Air and Space Force are space units and formations.

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Sputnik 1

Sputnik 1 (Спутник-1, Satellite 1) was the first artificial Earth satellite.

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Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command (SAC) was a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile components of the United States military's strategic nuclear forces from 1946 to 1992.

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Strategic bombing

Strategic bombing is a systematically organized and executed attack from the air which can utilize strategic bombers, long- or medium-range missiles, or nuclear-armed fighter-bomber aircraft to attack targets deemed vital to the enemy's war-making capability.

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Strategic Rocket Forces

The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; Raketnye voyska strategicheskogo naznacheniya Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is a separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces that controls Russia's land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).

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United States invasion of Grenada

The United States and a coalition of six Caribbean nations invaded the island nation of Grenada, north of Venezuela at dawn on 25 October 1983.

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United States invasion of Panama

The United States invaded Panama in mid-December 1989 during the presidency of George H. W. Bush.

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United States Naval Research Laboratory

The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.

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United States Space Force

The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the United States Armed Forces. Space force and United States Space Force are space units and formations and space warfare.

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USA Today

USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.

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V-2 rocket

The V2 (lit), with the technical name Aggregat 4 (A4), was the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Wehrmacht

The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.

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Wernher von Braun

Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (23 March 191216 June 1977) was a German-American aerospace engineer and space architect.

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Western Front (World War II)

The Western Front was a military theatre of World War II encompassing Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. The Italian front is considered a separate but related theatre. The Western Front's 1944–1945 phase was officially deemed the European Theater by the United States, whereas Italy fell under the Mediterranean Theater along with the North African campaign.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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1986 United States bombing of Libya

The United States Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps carried out air strikes, code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon, against Libya on 15 April 1986 in retaliation for the West Berlin discotheque bombing ten days earlier, which U.S. President Ronald Reagan blamed on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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See also

Military branches

• Air defence forces
• Air forces
• Armies
• Coast guards
• Cyber force
• Inspectorate
• Interservice rivalry
• Jointness
• Military branch
• Military police
• Navies
• Railway troops
• Space force

Outer space

• Astronomical objects
• Astrosociology
• Bogota Declaration
• CondoSat
• Cosmic dust
• Extraterrestrial life
• Human presence in space
• Interplanetary dust cloud
• Interplanetary magnetic field
• Interplanetary medium
• Interstellar media
• Interstellar medium
• Intracluster medium
• Kármán line
• King of the Universe
• Music in space
• Outer space
• Politics of outer space
• Satellites
• Space art
• Space command
• Space exploration
• Space force
• Space geodesy
• Space industry
• Space law
• Space physics
• Space technology
• Spaceflight
• Women in space

Space law

• Aarti Holla-Maini
• Basic Space Law
• Common heritage of humanity
• Ernst Fasan
• Extraterrestrial real estate
• Institute of Space and Telecommunications Law
• Institute of the Right of Peace and Development - IDPD
• International Institute of Air and Space Law
• Metalaw
• Ruvimbo Samanga
• Space Liability Convention
• Space command
• Space diplomacy
• Space force
• Space jurisdiction
• Space law
• Terra nullius
• United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
• Vladimír Mandl

Space units and formations

• Aerospace Operations Command
• Astronaut Center of China
• Chinese Air Force
• Colombian Air Force
• Defence Space Agency
• Defence Space Command
• French Air and Space Force
• French Space Command
• Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force
• Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force
• List of space forces, units, and formations
• People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force
• People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps
• People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force
• Russian Aerospace Forces
• Russian Space Forces
• Space Operations Center (Brazil)
• Space Operations Command (Italy)
• Space Operations Group
• Space force
• Spanish Air and Space Force
• United Kingdom Space Command
• United States Space Force

Space warfare

• 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel
• Joint Functional Component Command for Space and Global Strike
• Kessler syndrome
• National Security Space Association
• Naval Information Warfare Systems Command
• People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force
• Red Sea crisis
• Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
• Russian Space Forces
• Space National Guard
• Space Operations Command
• Space Training and Readiness Command
• Space command
• Space force
• Space marine
• Space warfare
• Space weapons
• Starlink in the Russo-Ukrainian War
• United States Space Force
• United States national missile defense

Types of military forces

• Air forces
• Airborne forces
• Armies
• Army
• Assault Battalion No. 5 (Rohr)
• Chambul
• Civil Guard
• Coast guards
• Colonial troops
• Commandant's Service (East Germany)
• Cyber force
• Defence Forces
• Deli (troop)
• Floating armoury
• Irregular military
• Long-range penetration
• Marines
• National Guard
• Navies
• Operations (military staff)
• Private defense agency
• Private military company
• Private military contractors
• Regular army
• Republican guard
• Security forces
• Shock troops
• Space command
• Space force
• Special forces
• Staff (military)
• Stormtroopers (Imperial Germany)
• Volunteer military

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_force

Also known as Space Navy, Space army, Space coast guard, Space fleet, Space forces, SpaceForce.

, Space Force Delta, Space Operations Command, Space Systems Command, Space warfare, Spanish Air and Space Force, Sputnik 1, Strategic Air Command, Strategic bombing, Strategic Rocket Forces, United States Air Force, United States Army, United States Army Air Forces, United States invasion of Grenada, United States invasion of Panama, United States Naval Research Laboratory, United States Space Force, USA Today, V-2 rocket, Vietnam War, Wehrmacht, Wernher von Braun, Western Front (World War II), World War II, 1986 United States bombing of Libya.