inactivated effective 30 June 2005. On the same date, the 45th Launch Support Squadron was activated and placed under the 45th Launch Group. The ceremony for both organizational changes was held at the Cape on the morning of 6 July 2005. The 1st SLS was inactivated on 18 August 2009, following the final USAF launch of a Delta II which had occurred the previous day. Lineage Established as 45th Launch Group on 28 Oct 2003 Activated on 1 December 2003. Assignments 45th Space Wing, 1 December 2003 – Present Units 1st Space Launch Squadron: 1 December 2003 – 18 August 2009 3d Space Launch Squadron: 1 December 2003 – 30 June 2005 5th Space Launch Squadron: 1 December 2003 – Present 45th Launch Support Squadron: 30 June 2005 – Present Stations Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, 1 December 2003 – Present References 45th Launch Group at AFHRA 45th Launch Group Bittersweet launch ends several chapters of history Space groups of the United States Air Force