US Air Force Space and Missile Center: Government / agency (United States), launches, rockets and satellites

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23Orbital launches

73All launches (incl. suborbital)

109Satellites in orbit

2Satellites built

0Rockets / spacecraft

US Air Force Space and Missile Center is a government organisation based in the United States, founded in 1992. Our records show 23 orbital launches and 109 satellites in orbit.

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

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Structure

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

USAF Space and Missile Center, Rocket Systems Launch Program 13 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit US Air Force Military Satellite Communications Wing, AFSMC, LAAFB 0 orbital launches · 6 satellites in orbit US Air Force Milsatcom Joint Project Office, AFSMC, LAAFB 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit US Air Force SMC, (OAR legacy assets) 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit US Air Force SMC, Los Angeles AFS 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit US Space Force Military Satellite Communications Wing, SMC, LAAFB 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit

Activity

Orbital launches per year

1113

Last 15 years. Peak: 2 launches in one year.

Satellites in orbit

By platform

Series 4000	18
GPS IIF	12
GPS	10
BSS-702HP	10
DSCS III	9
Block 5D	8
Milstar	6
DSP B18	6

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
7 Jul 2022	Mk 21A R&D Test	Minotaur II+	V	Failure
5 Feb 2020	FTU-2	Minuteman 3	V	Success
6 Feb 2019	FTU-1	Minuteman 3	V	Success
20 Nov 2013	ORS-3	Minotaur I	MARS	Success
30 Jun 2011	ORS-1	Minotaur I	MARS	Success
6 Feb 2011	USA 225	Minotaur I	VS	Success
20 Nov 2010	STP-SIV	Minotaur IV	KLC	Success
26 Sep 2010	SBSS Block 10	Minotaur IV	VS	Success
22 Apr 2010	HTV-2a	Minotaur IV Lite	VS	Success
19 May 2009	Tacsat 3	Minotaur I	MARS	Success
24 Apr 2007	NFIRE	Minotaur I	MARS	Success
16 Dec 2006	Tacsat-2	Minotaur I	MARS	Success

Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 1 source: GCAT (J. McDowell)
Verification status: single source, not yet reviewed by a person. How we build and check this data.

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.