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45th Launch Support Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	45th Launch Support Squadron
image	45 Launch Support Ssquadron Patch.jpg
caption	45th Launch Support Squadron Patch
dates	30 June 2005 – present
country	United States
branch	United States Air Force
type	Launch Support
role	Mission Assurance
command_structure	45th Launch Group
current_commander	Lt Col Kathryn Cantu
garrison	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
motto	Battlespace Dominance Through Satellite Integration

The 45th Launch Support Squadron(45 LCSS) is a United States Air Force unit stationed at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. It is assigned to the 45th Launch Group along with its sister squadron the 5th Space Launch Squadron.

Mission

The 45th Launch Support Squadron (LCSS) delivers a broad array of organic launch and launch support capabilities. In partnership with the satellite system directorates, the LCSS provides launch-base mission assurance for satellites by overseeing spacecraft hardware arrival, launch preparations, testing and launch. In addition, the squadron contains a program management office which ensures delivery of mission-critical facilities, launch support services such as training and ordnance management, and programmatic resources to Eastern Range customers. Finally, the LCSS provides a single interface for emerging DoD, civil, and commercial launch providers to access 45 SW services and successfully bring new launch capabilities to the United States.

History

The 45th Launch Support Squadron was activated on 30 June 2005. The first mission with spacecraft processed by the 45 LCSS was the Micro-satellite Technology Experiment (MiTEx) which launched on 21 June 2006.

Emblem

Description

On a disc Sable, arrayed to chief three deltas Silver Gray each with a contrail Or fimbriated Tenné issuing from behind a terrestrial globe Proper, environed by an orbit of the fourth charged with a sphere of the second, all within a narrow border Orange.

Attached below the disc, a Black scroll edged with a narrow Orange border and inscribed “45TH LAUNCH SUPPORT SQUADRON” in Orange letters.

Symbolism

Ultramarine blue and Air Force yellow are the Air Force colors. Blue alludes to the sky, the primary theater of Air Force operations. Yellow refers to the sun and the excellence required of Air Force personnel. The black background represents space. The three deltas signify the multiple launch vehicles the Squadron supports and the three Air Force Core Values: Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence in All We Do. The earth and orbiting satellite describes the global nature of the unit’s mission.

List of commanders

Lt Col Scott Traxler
Lt Col John Wagner
Lt Col Erik Bowman
Lt Col Gerard G. Gleckel Jr.
Lt Col Paul P. Konyha III
Lt Col Matthew E. Holston, July 2014 – July 2016
Lt Col Kathryn Cantu, 15 August 2016 – present

45 LCSS Missions

List of LCSS Launches

No.	Launch Date	Mission	Vehicle	Notes
1	2006	MiTEx
[[File:USAF MiTEx Mission Patch.jpg	frameless	center	75px]]	Delta II	First mission with spacecraft processed by the 45th Launch Support Squadron.
2	2006	GPS IIR-15M [[File:GPS IIR-15 Patch.jpg	frameless	center	75px]]	Delta II
3	2006	GPS IIR-16 [[File:GPS IIR-16 Patch.jpg	frameless	center	75px]]	Delta II
4	2007	STP-1 [[File:STP-1 Patch.jpg	frameless	center	75px]]	Atlas V	First launch of a USAF payload on an Atlas V.
5	2007	WGS-1[[File:WGS-1 logo.gif	frameless	center	75px]]	Atlas V	First of six WGS satellites
6	2007	GPS IIR-17 [[File:GPS IIR-17 Patch.jpg	frameless	center	75px]]	Delta II
7	2007	DSP-23 [[File:DSP-23 Patch.png	frameless	center	75px]]	Delta IV	Final launch of a DSP satellite and first operational launch of a Delta IV Heavy
8	2007	GPS IIR-18	Delta II
9	2008	GPS IIR-19	Delta II
10	2009	GPS IIR-20	Delta II
11	2009	WGS-2[[File:WGS-2 logo.jpg	frameless	center	75px]]	Atlas V
12	2009	GPS IIR-21	Delta II	Final launch of a GPS IIR series satellite.
13	2009	PAN[[File:PAN satellite patch.jpg	frameless	center	100px]]	Atlas V
14	2009	STSS Demo	Delta II
15	2009	WGS-3[[File:WGS-3 logo.jpg	frameless	center	75px]]	Delta IV	Final Block 1 WGS satellite
16	2010	OTV-1	Atlas V	First launch of a reusable unmanned space vehicle.
17	2010	GPS IIF-1	Delta IV	First launch of IIF block of GPS satellites.
18	2010	Falcon 9 Flight 1	Falcon 9	First all commercial launch from CCAFS.
19	2010	AEHF-1	Atlas V	First launch of an AEHF military communication satellite.
20	2010	COTS Demo Flight 1	Falcon 9	First launch, orbit, and recovery of an operational Dragon capsule.
21	2011	OTV-2	Atlas V
22	2011	SBIRS GEO-1	Atlas V	First launch of the next generation of missile warning satellites.
23	2011	GPS IIF-2	Delta IV
24	2012	WGS-4[[File:WGS-4 logo.jpg	frameless	center	75px]]	Delta IV	First launch of the upgrafed Block II satellites
25	2012	MUOS-1	Atlas V	First of a kind United States Navy UHF satellite.
26	2012	AEHF-2	Atlas V
27	2012	COTS Demo Flight 2	Falcon 9	First commercial resupply of the International Space Station
28	2012	RBSP[[File:Van Allen Probes Logo.png	frameless	center	75px]]	Atlas V
29	2012	GPS IIF-3 [[File:GPS IIF-3 Patch.jpg	frameless	center	75px]]	Delta IV
30	2012	CRS-1	Falcon 9
31	2012	OTV-3	Atlas V

References

"Factsheet: 45th Launch Group".
[https://archive.today/20120805184929/http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/AirForce/AirForceUnit.aspx?u=6245 The Institute of Heraldry]
[https://archive.today/20120805184929/http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/AirForce/AirForceUnit.aspx?u=6245 The Institute of Heraldry]
"Colonel Matthew e. Holston".

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