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3SLS/AFSMC Launches

7,412 orbital launches since 1957

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7,412
Total launches
228
This year
92.9%
Success rate
161
Crewed
1957
Since

Orbital Radar lists 16 orbital launches by 3SLS/AFSMC, part of 7,412 orbital launches catalogued since 1957. Every entry links to the rocket, the operator and the satellites it deployed.

2020s 2010s SpaceX Falcon 9 Soyuz Failures Cape Canaveral ⬡ Crewed only

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Every rocket launch, 1957 – 2026

228 launches so far this year · search, sort & filter the full record
16 launches
DateMissionVehicleOperatorLaunch sitePayloadsOrbitOutcome
2005-04-30ONYX 52005-016Titan 405B3SLS/AFSMCCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
2004-02-14DSP F222004-004Titan 402B/IUS3SLS/AFSMCCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗GEOsuccess
2003-09-09ORION 52003-041Titan 401B/Centaur3SLS/AFSMCCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗GEOsuccess
2003-04-08Milstar DFS-62003-012Titan 401B/Centaur3SLS/AFSMCCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗GEOsuccess
2002-01-16Milstar DFS-52002-001Titan 401B/Centaur3SLS/AFSMCCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗GEOsuccess
2001-08-06DSP2001-033Titan 402B/IUS3SLS/AFSMCCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗GEOsuccess
2001-02-27Milstar DFS-42001-009Titan 401B/Centaur3SLS/AFSMCCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗GEOsuccess
2000-05-08DSP 18?2000-024Titan 402B/IUS3SLS/AFSMCCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
1999-04-30Milstar DFS-31999-023Titan 401B/Centaur3SLS/AFSMCCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗MEOfailure
1999-04-09DSP 19?1999-017Titan 402B/IUS3SLS/AFSMCCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗GEOfailure
1998-08-12MERCURY 31998-F02Titan 401A/Centaur3SLS/AFSMCCape Canaveral Space Force Station—LEOfailure
1998-05-09ORION 41998-029Titan 401B/Centaur3SLS/AFSMCCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗GEOsuccess
1997-11-08TRUMPET 31997-068Titan 401A/Centaur3SLS/AFSMCCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
1997-02-23DSP 201997-008Titan 402B/IUS3SLS/AFSMCCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
1996-07-03QUASAR 11?1996-038Titan 405A3SLS/AFSMCCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
1996-04-24MERCURY 21996-026Titan 401A/Centaur3SLS/AFSMCCape Canaveral Space Force Station1 payload ↗HEOsuccess

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About this database

Every orbital launch since 1957 — 7,412 in total, 161 of them crewed — cross-linked to the rockets, operators and satellites involved. The historical record is maintained in Orbital Radar's launch archive and matched continuously to our live satellite catalogue.

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By year

2026 2282025 3302024 2632023 2232022 1862021 1462020 1142019 103

By vehicle

Soyuz 1,183Falcon 9 688Long March 668Kosmos 622Atlas 437Proton 425Thor 331Molniya 320

By operator

Soviet Rocket Forces 1,537Soviet Space Forces 906SpaceX 719CASC 653NASA 463Arianespace 305US Air Force 277Russian Aerospace Forces 272

By outcome / site

Successful 6,884Failed 520Unconfirmed 8Plesetsk Cosmodrome 1,689Baikonur Cosmodrome 1,561Cape Canaveral Space Force Station 1,113

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Full launch index (16 launches)
ONYX 5 (2005-04-30)DSP F22 (2004-02-14)ORION 5 (2003-09-09)Milstar DFS-6 (2003-04-08)Milstar DFS-5 (2002-01-16)DSP (2001-08-06)Milstar DFS-4 (2001-02-27)DSP 18? (2000-05-08)Milstar DFS-3 (1999-04-30)DSP 19? (1999-04-09)MERCURY 3 (1998-08-12)ORION 4 (1998-05-09)TRUMPET 3 (1997-11-08)DSP 20 (1997-02-23)QUASAR 11? (1996-07-03)MERCURY 2 (1996-04-24)

Last updated 2026-09-19 · Data: Orbital Radar launch & satellite archives — sources & methodology.