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1st Space Launch Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	1st Space Launch Squadron
image	Delta 6920-10 launch with ROSAT.jpg
caption	A Delta II launch from Cape Canaveral AFS
dates	1990–2009
country	United States
branch
type	Squadron
role	Space launch
command_structure	Air Force Space Command
decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
identification_symbol	[[File: 1st Space Launch Squadron.PNG	165px]]
identification_symbol_label	1st Space Launch Squadron emblem (approved 1 July 1992)

The United States Air Force's 1st Space Launch Squadron was a space launch unit located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. It was responsible for USAF Delta II launches from its activation in October 1990 to its inactivation in August 2009.

History

Air Force launch operations were transferred from Air Force Systems Command to Air Force Space Command in the early 1990s. Phase I of the Launch Transfer Plan began on 1 October 1990, with the redesignation of the Eastern and Western Space and Missile Centers, as the 30th and 45th Space Wings.

The 1st Space Launch Squadron was activated on 1 October 1990, and became Air Force Space Command's first Delta II launch squadron. Its final launch of a Delta II was on 17 August 2009. Its final launch successfully placed the USA-206, or GPS IIR-21(M) navigation satellite into orbit. The squadron was inactivated on 30 September.

Lineage

Constituted as the 1st Space Launch Squadron on 11 September 1990 : Activated on 1 October 1990 : Inactivated on 30 September 2009

Assignments

Eastern Space and Missile Center, 1 October 1990
45th Operations Group, 12 November 1991
45th Launch Group, 1 December 2003 – 30 September 2009

Stations

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, 1 October 1990 – 30 September 2009

Space Launch Vehicles

Delta II, 1990–2009

References

Notes

References

(9 September 2008). "Factsheet 1 Space Launch Squadron (AFSPC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
"No. 1: With the record to prove it". Air Force Space Command.
"The Cape: Military Space Operations 1971–1992". 45th Space Wing History Office.
World Airpower Journal. (1992). US Air Force Air Power Directory. Aerospace Publishing: London, UK. {{ISBN. 1-880588-01-3
Ray, Justin. (17 August 2009). "Bittersweet launch ends several chapters of history". Spaceflight Now.
Research Division, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Air Force Organization Change Status Report, September 2009, Maxwell AFB, AL

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