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2nd Space Launch Squadron
Titan IV ready to launch
Active	1990-2005, 2019-present^[1]
Country	United States
Branch	United States Space Force
Role	Launch control
Motto	Rising Stars(approved 24 May 1995)^[2]
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Commanders
Current commander	Lt Col Andrew Singleton
Notable commanders	David D. Thompson
Insignia
2nd Space Launch Squadron emblem(approved 15 January 1991)^[2]

Military unit

The2nd Space Launch Squadron is an activeUnited States Space Force unit. It is located atVandenberg Space Force Base, California, and was reactivated in July 2019 with the merger of the4th Space Launch Squadron and the1st Air and Space Test Squadron.

History

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When founded, the two launch squadrons atVandenberg Air Force Base divided launch duties, with the4th Space Launch Squadron working with Titan II and Titan IV vehicles while the 2nd worked withDelta II,Atlas, and other launch vehicles. On 18 May 1998, the two squadrons merged into the 2nd SLS. The merged squadron was responsible for all launch operations at Vandenberg AFB. The reason for the merger was the similarity in missions performed by both units. It was inactivated after the lastTitan IV launch. In June 2019 the 4th Space Launch Squadron and the 1st Air and Space Test Squadron merged and reactivated as the 2nd Space Launch Squadron. The reestablished unit took on all the missions of both the 1st Air and Space Test Squadron and the 4th Space Launch Squadron. the 2nd Space Launch Squadron was one of only two space launch squadrons in the U.S. Air Force. the other being the 5th Space launch Squadron at Cape Canaveral.^[3]

Both space launch squadrons are now part of the U.S. Space Force.

Lineage

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Constituted as the2d Space Launch Squadron on 11 September 1990

Activated on 1 October 1990^[4]

Inactivated on 31 October 2005^[5]

Activated on 1 June 2019^[1]

Assignments

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Western Space and Missile Center, 1 October 1990
30th Operations Group, 19 November 1991^[4]
30th Launch Group, 1 December 2003 - 31 October 2005^[6]^[5]
30th Operations Group, 1 June 2019

Stations

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Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, 1 October 1990 – 31 October 2005;^[4]^[5] 1 June 2019 - present

Aircraft and missiles

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Atlas E
Atlas IIAS
Delta II
Titan IV
Titan II, 1 October 1990 – 2005^[7]

Decorations

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Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

1 November 1991 - 30 September 1993^[4]

List of commanders

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This list isincomplete; you can help byadding missing items.(October 2021)

Lt ColClinton Crosier, July 2001–July 2003
Lt ColDavid D. Thompson, June 2002–July 2004
Lt Col Brian Chatman, June 2018-July 2020^[8]^[9]
Lt Col Ken Peters, July 2020-June 2022
Lt Col Shane Rexius, June 2022-21 June 2024
Lt Col Andrew Singleton, 21 June 2024-present^[10]

References

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^^a ^bHanah Abercrombie (August 15, 2019)."2nd SLS reactivated following squadron merger". 30th Space Wing Public Affairs Office. RetrievedOctober 7, 2020.^{[dead link]}
^^a ^bEndicott, p. 330
^Air Force Association: "Two Space Squadrons Merge"Archived 2008-07-24 at theWayback Machine^{[verification needed]}
^^a ^b ^c ^dLineage, including assignments, decorations and stations, through 1995 in Endicott, p. 330
^^a ^b ^cResearch Division, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Air Force Organization Change Status Report, October 2005, Maxwell AFB, AL
^Rogers,^{[page needed]}
^World Airpower Journal. (1992). US Air Force Air Power Directory. Aerospace Publishing: London, UK.ISBN 1-880588-01-3
^"Brian Chatman - Senior Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Human Capital".LinkedIn.
^"2nd SLS reactivated following squadron merger".
^"2nd Space Launch Squadron's Change of Command". 21 June 2024.

Bibliography

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Endicott, Judy G. (1998).Active Air Force Wings as of 1 October 1995 and USAF Active Flying, Space, and Missile Squadrons as of 1 October 1995(PDF). Air Force History and Museums Program. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ASIN B000113MB2. RetrievedJuly 2, 2014.
Rogers, Brian. (2005).United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. Hinkley, UK: Midland Publications.ISBN 1-85780-197-0.

External links

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Vandenberg Air Force Base

United States Space Force

Leadership

Oversight	House Armed Services Committee Strategic Forces subcommittee Senate Committee on Armed Services Strategic Forces subcommittee

Structure

Field commands	Space Futures Command Space Operations Command Commander Space Systems Command Commander Space Training and Readiness Command Commander
Component Field Commands	United States Space Forces – Central United States Space Forces – Europe and Africa United States Space Forces – Indo-Pacific United States Space Forces – Korea United States Space Forces – Space
Deltas	Space Delta 1 Mission Delta 2 Mission Delta 3 Mission Delta 4 Space Delta 5 Space Delta 6 Space Delta 7 Space Delta 8 Space Delta 9 Space Delta 10 Space Delta 11 Space Delta 12 Space Delta 13 Space Delta 15 Space Delta 18 Space Delta 21 Space Delta 23 Space Delta 26 Space Launch Delta 30 Mission Delta 31 Space Launch Delta 45 Space Base Delta 1 Space Base Delta 2 Space Base Delta 3
Squadrons	1st Delta Operations 319th Combat Training 328th Weapons 392d Combat Training 533rd Training 21st Operations Support 15th Space Surveillance 18th Space Defense 19th Space Defense 20th Space Surveillance 3rd Combat Training 4th EW 5th EW 16th EW 23rd EW 2nd Space Warning 3rd satellite Communications 5th Space Warning 6th Space Warning 7th Space Warning 10th Space Warning 11th Space Warning 12th Space Warning 13th Space Warning 55th Training 21st Space Operations 22nd Space Operations 23rd Space Operations 62nd Cyberspace 63rd Cyberspace 64th Cyberspace 65th Cyberspace 68th Cyberspace 69th Cyberspace 645th Cyberspace 71st ISR 72nd ISR 73rd ISR 74th ISR 75th ISR 76th ISR 1st Space Operations 2nd Navigation Warfare 3rd Space Operations 4th Space Operations 5th Space Operations 10th Space Operations 53rd Space Operations 527th Space Aggressor 1st Test and Evaluation 3rd Test and Evaluation 17th Test and Evaluation 25th Space Range 2nd Space Launch 5th Space Launch 1st Range Operations NSSI
Direct reporting units	Space Development Agency Space Rapid Capabilities Office Space Warfighting Analysis Center

Locations

Space Force Bases	Buckley Los Angeles Patrick Peterson Schriever Vandenberg
Space Bases	Pituffik
Space Force Stations	Cape Canaveral Cape Cod Cavalier Cheyenne Mountain Clear Kaena Point New Boston

Personnel
and training

History and
traditions

Former wings and deltas	21st Space Wing 50th Space Wing 460th Space Wing Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional)

Category

Space Operations Command

Air Forces

Fourteenth (Strategic)

Centers

Bases

Stations

Space wings

Air Base groups

61st
821st Air Base Group

Squadrons

Command and Control	1st 2d 3d 4th 55th Mobile 119th 153d 222d 721st Mobile
Space Control	1st 4th 16th 20th 25th 76th 380th
Space Launch	1st 2nd 3d Space Launch Squadron 4th 5th
Space Operations	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 19th 21st 22d 23d 111th 148th AFSPC
Space Warning	2nd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 137th 213th
Others	26th Space Aggressor (AFRC) 527th Space Aggressor (ACC) 3d Space Communications 50th Space Communications 850th Space Communications 1st Space Development Squadron 2d Space Development Squadron 3d Space Development Squadron 3rd Space Experimentation 1st Space Surveillance 3d Space Surveillance 5th Space Surveillance 1st Air and Space Test 2d Test Operations Squadron 3d Space Test Squadron 4th Space Test Squadron 55th Space Weather

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