First ever USSF Guardian takes command of the 45th Comptroller Squadron

U.S. Space Force Lt. Col. Garrett Duff is the first ever, and currently, the only Guardian in command of a Comptroller Squadron. He assumed command of the squadron from U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jeremy Williams on June 23, 2023, Patrick Space Force Base, Florida.

Eastern Range Launch Pad Allocations Drive Innovation and Development

Space Launch Delta (SLD) 45 allocated several launch pads to four Commercial Launch Service Providers (CLPS) at Cape Canaveral SFS, Fla. This was part of the new Launch Pad Allocation Strategy (LPAS).

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.

SLD 45 to support SBIRS GEO-6 launch, last satellite for infrared constellation

On Thursday morning a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled to carry the U.S. Space Force’s Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit 6 missile warning satellite into space. The satellite, which is the last in the SBIRS GEO constellation, will be launched into space just

ULA Atlas V launches Space Test Program SAT-6, LDPE-1 into orbit

At 5:19 a.m., Dec. 7 while many along Florida’s space coast likely slept, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V at Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, powered the Department of Defense’s Space Test Program (STP)-3 mission and two satellites into space.

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites into space

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 53 Starlink satellites into oribt from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, Nov. 13.

Innovation is the game, GPS III-5 is the name

The launch of the DoD’s first refurbished booster paved the way for significant savings for taxpayers.

New flight termination system improves launch tempo

The new Automated Flight Safety System (AFSS), formerly known as the traditional Flight Termination System (FTS), is now being used by some launch companies to increase launch capabilities, readiness and accuracy, while saving time and money.

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