Second Annual Space Force race registration opens May 4

Registration for the second-annual United States Space Force T-Minus 10-Miler race, in-person and virtual events, starts May 4, 2023, at https://runspaceforce.com/.

SLD 45 supports the first National Security Space Launch mission on a Falcon Heavy rocket

For the first time, Space Launch Delta 45 supported a National Security Space Launch mission carried out on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket that launched from Space Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Nov. 1, 2022.

Pershing II missile returns to CCAFS after renovations

On October 28, after nearly nine months of extreme restoration, one of only seven Pershing II surface to surface missiles in existence returned to its new home in Hangar C at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.In 1987, after the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, the United

Not your average rocket launch; 45th SW supports Pegasus ICON

The 45th Space Wing supported the Pegasus ICON rocket launch on Nov. 7, 2018 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Skid Strip. Skid Strip? That’s quite different than a standard launch from the Cape – don’t rockets launch from pads? The skid strip, a smaller flight line on Cape Canaveral Air Force

ULA's Delta IV WGS-10 launches successfully from CCAFS

45 OG Det 3 prepares for human spaceflight return

When space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-135 mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on July 8, 2011, emotions were high. A history book, penned by NASA, spanning 30-years of manned space shuttles was now closed. Few were certain when the United States would send an astronaut into space again, if ever.

45th SW supports successful Atlas V GOES-R launch

The 45th Space Wing supported NASA’s successful launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 here Nov. 19 at 6:42 p.m. ET. Once in geostationary orbit, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

45th SW supports successful Atlas V MUOS-5 launch

The Air Force’s 45th Space Wing supported United Launch Alliance’s successful launch of the MUOS-5 spacecraft aboard an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 here June 24, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. ET. The ULA Atlas V rocket is carrying the U.S. Navy's fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite

45th SW successfully launches Falcon 9 THAICOM-8

The U.S. Air Force’s 45th Space Wing supported the successful SpaceX Falcon 9 THAICOM-8 launch today at 5:39 p.m. ET from Launch Complex 40 here. Thaicom PLC's THAICOM-8 satellite will provide Ku-band broadcast and data services to Thailand, Southeast Asia, India and Africa. This is the ninth