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At the White House ceremony, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper signed documents formally establishing the command, and a new SpaceCom flag featuring a bald eagle and the earth was unfurled.

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PHOTO: President Donald Trump stands with General John Raymond, incoming U.S. Space Command commander, during an event to officially launch the United States Space Command in the Rose Garden of the White House, Aug. 29, 2019
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The Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps can all contribute personnel and assets to this new command, which will coordinate how the U.S. military operates in space.

It will change how the Department of Defense approaches war-fighting there by centralizing its space operations from across the U.S. military into one place, to counter threats from China and Russia. Four-star Air Force Gen. John Raymond will lead it; he has already been confirmed to the job and currently heads Air Force Space Command.

\"SpaceCom will ensure that America's dominance in space is never questioned and never threatened,\" Trump said at the White House ceremony, which took place in the Rose Garden. Vice President Mike Pence and Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also attended.

JUST IN: Pres. Trump reestablishes the U.S. Space Command.

\"This is a landmark day — one that recognizes that centrality of space to America's national security and defense ... Space Comm. will boldly deter aggression and outpace America's rivals by far\" https://t.co/FeucxQ2Ms9 pic.twitter.com/xatN0PAErP

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The command is technically being reactivated. The command was stood up in 1985 but deactivated in 2002 after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks led the military to focus more heavily on homeland defense and counter-terrorism.

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PHOTO:Vice President Mike Pence delivers opening remarks during the sixth meeting of the National Space Council, Aug. 20, 2019, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.
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\"It shares the same name. But it's a different command built for a very different strategic environment,\" Raymond told reporters at the Pentagon on Thursday. It will have \"a sharper focus on protecting and defending, with a sharper connection to our intelligence community, with a sharper connection to our allies and partners,\" he added.

It will start with 287 personnel who will come from Air Force Space Command and U.S. Strategic Command. They will have the goal of reaching initial operating capability as it brings in units under its command, with no estimate for how long that process will take.

There are six bases under consideration to house the command permanently.

ABC News' Luis Martinez contributed reporting to this article.

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