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Space Launch Delta 45 helps US break launch record for second year in a row

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Alexander Banerjee

Stars and Stripes • January 3, 2025

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A U.S. Space Force-created graphic showcasing Space Launch Delta 45’s total of 93 launches for the year 2024. (Michael Frye/U.S. Space Force)

With the end of 2024, Space Launch Delta 45, a U.S. Space Force unit that oversees launch operations at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, has officially cemented its position as the world’s busiest spaceport, according to a service press release.

The SLD 45 team is composed of both guardians and airmen and is headquartered at Patrick Space Force Base in Florida. As the unit in charge of launches from Cape Canaveral, it is responsible for one of the Space Force’s two launch ranges — the Eastern Range. (The other is the Western Range at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.)