Department of Energy: Government / agency (United States), launches, rockets and satellites

Industry / Companies / Department of Energy

0Orbital launches

575All launches (incl. suborbital)

2Satellites in orbit

34Satellites built

1Rockets / spacecraft

Department of Energy is a government organisation based in the United States, founded in 1977. Our records show 575 launches, 2 satellites in orbit and 1 rockets or spacecraft.

Totals include the divisions, sites and subsidiaries listed under Structure below.

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

Lawrence Livermore National Lab 0 orbital launches · 1 satellite in orbit Sandia National Laboratories 0 orbital launches · 1 satellite in orbit Lawrence Livermore Lab 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit Lawrence Radiation Laboratory 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit Los Alamos National Laboratory 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit Sandia Laboratories 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit

Products

Rockets and spacecraft

Name	Type	Status	First flight	Launches	To low orbit
SPARK	Rocket	Retired	2015	1 (1 failed)

Satellites in orbit

By platform

Cubesat 3U

2

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
15 Nov 2023	Hypersonic test	Terrier Terrier Imp Mal.	Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia	Success
15 Nov 2023	Hypersonic test	Terrier Terrier Imp Mal.	Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia	Success
27 Oct 2022	Hypersonic test	Terrier Terrier Imp Mal.	Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia	Success
26 Oct 2022	Hypersonic test	Terrier Terrier Imp Mal.	Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia	Success
20 Oct 2021	Hypersonic test	Terrier Malemute	Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia	Success
20 Oct 2021	Hypersonic test	Terrier Malemute	Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia	Success
20 Oct 2021	Hypersonic test	Terrier Malemute	Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia	Success
24 Apr 2019	HOT SHOT 3	Terrier Malemute	Kauai Test Facility (KTF), Barking Sands, Kauai	Success
23 Apr 2019	HOT SHOT 2	Terrier Malemute	Kauai Test Facility (KTF), Barking Sands, Kauai	Success
23 May 2018	HOT SHOT 1	Terrier Malemute	Kauai Test Facility (KTF), Barking Sands, Kauai	Success
1 Jul 1999	Malemute II Slugger	Malemute	Kauai Test Facility (KTF), Barking Sands, Kauai	Success
17 Apr 1998	Red Crow Flight Expt	Talos Castor	Kauai Test Facility (KTF), Barking Sands, Kauai	Success

In the news

Recent headlines

NASA, Virginia Launch Power Partnership for Energy Security NASA · 23 Oct 2026
NASA, Energy Department Advance New Era of Nuclear-Powered Exploration NASA · 8 Oct 2026
White House releases space nuclear policy SpaceNews · 14 Apr 2026
NASA and DOE plan fission power plant on Moon by 2030 SpaceDaily · 5 Mar 2026
Hydrogen nuclei experiment sharpens view of quarks inside matter SpaceDaily · 27 Jan 2026
Oak Ridge team plans powerful test facility for next generation fusion components SpaceDaily · 27 Jan 2026
NASA and DOE to collaborate on lunar nuclear reactor development SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2026
NASA and DOE plan fission power plant on Moon by 2030 SpaceDaily · 15 Jan 2026
NASA, Department of Energy to Develop Lunar Surface Reactor by 2030 NASA · 13 Jan 2026
Sandia centrifuge campaign clears NASA VIPER rover for lunar launch SpaceDaily · 18 Dec 2025

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Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 1 source: GCAT (J. McDowell)
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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.