# § 9089. Program Executive Officer for Assured Access to Space
**(a)** **Establishment.—**
**(1)** There is a Program Executive Officer for Assured Access to Space within the Space Force.
**(2)** The Program Executive Officer for Assured Access to Space shall serve a term of four years.
**(b)** **Grade.—** The Program Executive Officer for Assured Access to Space, while so serving, shall have the grade of brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, or general.
**(c)** **Additional Duties.—** The Program Executive Officer for Assured Access to Space, while serving as the Program Executive Officer, shall also serve as the Commander of Space Launch Delta 45.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title XVI, § 1601(b), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1173.)