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45th Weather Squadron (45 WS), 45th Operations Group (45 OG), Space Launch Delta 45, at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida performs weather assessments for air and space operations; specifically, weather observations, forecasts, advisories, and warnings.
The Space Launch Delta 45 weather squadron on Thursday updated its forecast to predict a better chance for good weather, now a 60% chance for good conditions, up ...
Meteorological information for the broader space program is provided by the 45th Space Wing's 45th Weather Squadron of the U.S. Air Force (USAF). [1] [2] SMG covered Space Shuttle missions [3] and was planned to cover Orion missions. [4]
On 12 November 1991, as part of a larger Air Force heritage initiative, the Eastern Space and Missile Center was redesignated as the 45th Space Wing (45 SW), with the 45th Operations Group assuming the lineage of the World War II-era 45th Bombardment Group (Medium). The Eastern Test Range was also renamed as the Eastern Range, to emphasize its ...
The Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron only pins the odds of "go for launch" weather at 50-50 for this upcoming second attempt, citing liftoff winds and cumulus clouds.
This SpaceX Falcon 9 liftoff would mark the record 59th orbital launch from Cape Canaveral this year.
NASA has also launched communications and weather satellites from Launch Complexes 40 and 41, built at the north end of the Cape in 1964 by the Air Force for its Titan IIIC and Titan IV rockets. From 1974 to 1977 the powerful Titan IIIE served as the heavy-lift vehicle for NASA, launching the Viking and Voyager series of planetary spacecraft ...
The countdown reaches zero, the roar of engines fills the air and a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes to the sky on its journey to space, but this spectacle cannot take place unless everything goes ...