US Air Force Aerospace Defense Command

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22Orbital launches
24All launches (incl. suborbital)
0Satellites in orbit
0Satellites built
0Rockets / spacecraft

US Air Force Aerospace Defense Command is a government organisation based in the United States, founded in 1968. Our records show 22 orbital launches.

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

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Structure

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

USAF Aerospace Defence Command, 10th Aerospace Defence Sqn. 22 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit

Recent launches

DateMissionVehicleSiteResult
6 Jun 1979 DMSP Block 5D S-5Thor DSV-2UV Success
1 May 1978 DMSP Block 5D S-3Thor DSV-2UV Success
5 Jun 1977 DMSP Block 5D S-2Thor DSV-2UV Success
11 Sep 1976 DMSP Block 5D S-1Thor DSV-2UV Success
19 Feb 1976 DMSP Block 5C F-3Thor Burner 2AV Success
24 May 1975 DMSP Block 5C F-2Thor Burner 2AV Success
9 Aug 1974 DMSP Block 5C F-1Thor Burner 2AV Success
16 Mar 1974 DMSP Block 5B F-5Thor Burner 2AV Success
17 Aug 1973 DMSP Block 5B F-4Thor Burner 2AV Success
9 Nov 1972 DMSP Block 5B F-3Thor Burner 2AV Success
24 Mar 1972 DMSP Block 5B F-2 (SV-1)Thor Burner 2AV Success
14 Oct 1971 DMSP Block 5B F-1 (SV-2)Thor Burner 2AV Success
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.