The Space Launch Delta 45 is a unit of the United States Space Force. The Space Launch Delta 45 is assigned to Space Systems Command and headquartered at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida. The wing also controls Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The 45th Space Delta is responsible for all space launch operations from the East Coast. It manages the Eastern Range, including launch activities for the Space Force, Department of Defense (DoD), NASA, and other private space corporations.
Launch of the Freedom 7 on 5 May 1961, which was the first crewed spaceflight for the United States.
Image: Maj Gen Jimmey R. Morrell
Image: Maj Gen Robert S. Dickman
Image: General Donald G Cook
United States Space Force
The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the United States Armed Forces. Along with the Air Force, it is part of the Department of the Air Force, led by the secretary of the Air Force. Its military heads are the chief of space operations, who is one of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the vice chief of space operations.
Concept for a Space Force Rocket Cargo program conducting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations
Launch of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency's Explorer 1, America's first satellite
The X-20 Dyna Soar was intended to be the Air Force's first spaceplane
Cobra Dane radar at Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska
