Space Launch Delta 45 supported this Rapid Response Trailblazer launch, ensuring the successful deployment of the GPS III Space Vehicle-07 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Dec. 16, 2024. The mission demonstrated SLD 45's critical role in accelerating launch operations to meet urgent warfighter needs and highlighted the collaboration and responsiveness of SLD 45 in managing launch operations under a compressed timeline. (U.S. Space Force video by Robert Mason)
Vandenberg has revolutionized west coast space and test launch with an historic 51 launches in 2024 from the United States Space Force’s West Coast Spaceport and Test Range. This achievement was driven by the base's commitment to innovation, revising practices and procedures, and close partnerships with launch and test mission partners.
Space Launch Delta 45 continued to “set the pace for space” as the world’s busiest spaceport in 2024. The SLD 45 team, composed of military and civilian Guardians and Airmen at Patrick Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, enabled 93 launches from the Eastern Range in 2024.
