US Air Force Space Division

Government / agency · United States · founded 1979

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60Orbital launches
65All launches (incl. suborbital)
22Satellites in orbit
0Satellites built
0Rockets / spacecraft

US Air Force Space Division is a government organisation based in the United States, founded in 1979. Our records show 60 orbital launches and 22 satellites in orbit.

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

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Structure

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

Manned Spaceflight Engineer corps, Los Angeles AFB 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit
Satellites in orbit

By platform

GPS6
Block 5D4
DSCS II3
DSP MOS/PIM3
DSCS III3
DSP P2U2
GPS II1

Recent launches

DateMissionVehicleSiteResult
11 Apr 1990 POGSAtlas E AltairVS Success
6 Nov 1988 Improved CRYSTAL 2103Titan 34DVS Success
24 Sep 1988 NOAA HAtlas EVS Success
5 Sep 1988 P-11 No. 5103Titan II SLVVS Success
2 Sep 1988 VORTEX 5Titan 34D/TranstageCC Success
3 Feb 1988 DMSP Block 5D-2 S-8Atlas EVS Success
29 Nov 1987 DSP 5RTitan 34D/TranstageCC Success
26 Oct 1987 Improved CRYSTAL 2102Titan 34DVS Success
20 Jun 1987 DMSP Block 5D-2 S-9Atlas EVS Success
15 May 1987 PARCAE 9Atlas HVS Success
12 Feb 1987 JUMPSEAT 8Titan 34BVS Success
30 Sep 1986 1986-S100ASATEAFB 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.