The Trump administration will ask Congress to establish a sixth branch of the military to defend U.S. satellites and counter adversaries in space fulfilling President Trump’s vision of a Space Force, which he announced in June and wants up and running two years from now.

“The time has come to establish the United States Space Force,” declared Vice President Mike Pence in a speech in the Pentagon’s subterranean auditorium, packed with military members including all the senior leaders of the Air Force, which now has responsibility for space defense.