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US Air Force Launches

7,332 orbital launches since 1957

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7,332
Total launches
149
This year
92.8%
Success rate
159
Crewed
1957
Since

Orbital Radar lists 277 orbital launches by US Air Force, part of 7,332 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

Featured & milestone launches

277 launches
DateMissionVehicleOperatorLaunch sitePayloadsOrbitOutcome
1990-04-11POGS1990-031Atlas E AltairUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB8 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1988-11-06Improved CRYSTAL 21031988-099Titan 34DUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1988-09-24NOAA H1988-089Atlas EUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB3 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1988-09-05P-11 No. 51031988-078Titan II SLVUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
1988-09-02VORTEX 51988-077Titan 34D/TranstageUS Air ForceCape Canaveral12 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
1988-02-03DMSP Block 5D-2 S-81988-006Atlas EUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB2 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1987-11-29DSP 5R1987-097Titan 34D/TranstageUS Air ForceCape Canaveral2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
1987-10-26Improved CRYSTAL 21021987-090Titan 34DUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1987-06-20DMSP Block 5D-2 S-91987-053Atlas EUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB3 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1987-05-15PARCAE 91987-043Atlas HUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB5 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1987-02-12JUMPSEAT 81987-015Titan 34BUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
1986-09-17NOAA G1986-073Atlas EUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
1986-04-18HEXAGON SV-201986-F03Titan 34DUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOfailure
1986-02-09PARCAE 81986-014Atlas HUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB5 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1985-10-09Navstar GPS SVN 111985-093Atlas E/SGS-2US Air ForceVandenberg SFB2 payloads ↗MEOsuccess
1985-08-28Improved CRYSTAL 2101?1985-F02Titan 34DUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOfailure
1985-03-13Geosat1985-021Atlas E/OISUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB4 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1985-02-08SDS 61985-014Titan 34BUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—HEOsuccess
1984-12-22DSP 6R1984-129Titan 34D/TranstageUS Air ForceCape Canaveral2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
1984-12-12NOAA F1984-123Atlas EUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
1984-12-04KH11-6 KENNAN1984-122Titan 34DUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1984-09-08Navstar GPS SVN 101984-097Atlas E/SGS-2US Air ForceVandenberg SFB2 payloads ↗MEOsuccess
1984-08-28SDS 51984-091Titan 34BUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB2 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
1984-06-25HEXAGON SV-191984-065Titan 34DUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
1984-06-13Navstar GPS SVN 91984-059Atlas E/SGS-2US Air ForceVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
1984-04-17GAMBIT-3 Mission 43541984-039Titan 24BUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1984-04-14DSP 121984-037Titan 34D/TranstageUS Air ForceCape Canaveral2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
1984-02-05PARCAE 71984-012Atlas HUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB4 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1984-01-31VORTEX 41984-009Titan 34D/TranstageUS Air ForceCape Canaveral2 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
1983-11-18DMSP Block 5D-2 S-71983-113Atlas EUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
1983-07-31Jumpseat 71983-078Titan 34BUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB4 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
1983-07-14Navstar GPS SVN 81983-072Atlas E/SGS-2US Air ForceVandenberg SFB2 payloads ↗MEOsuccess
1983-06-20HEXAGON SV-181983-060Titan 34DUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
1983-06-09PARCAE 61983-056Atlas HUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB5 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1983-04-15GAMBIT-3 Mission 43531983-032Titan 24BUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1983-03-28NOAA E1983-022Atlas EUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB2 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1983-02-09PARCAE 51983-008Atlas HUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB5 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1982-12-21DMSP Block 5D-2 S-61982-118Atlas EUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
1982-11-17KH11-5 KENNAN1982-111Titan IIIDUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1982-10-30DSCS II F-161982-106Titan 34D/IUSUS Air ForceCape Canaveral3 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
1982-05-11HEXAGON SV-171982-041Titan IIIDUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
1982-03-06DSP 131982-019Titan IIICUS Air ForceCape Canaveral2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
1982-01-21GAMBIT-3 Mission 43521982-006Titan 24BUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1981-12-19Navstar GPS SVN 71981-F03Atlas E/SVSUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOfailure
1981-10-31VORTEX 31981-107Titan IIICUS Air ForceCape Canaveral2 payloads ↗HEOsuccess
1981-09-03KH11-4 KENNAN1981-085Titan IIIDUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess
1981-06-23NOAA C1981-059Atlas FUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB4 payloads ↗LEOsuccess
1981-04-24Jumpseat 61981-038Titan 34BUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB1 payload ↗HEOsuccess
1981-03-16DSP 101981-025Titan IIICUS Air ForceCape Canaveral2 payloads ↗GEOsuccess
1981-02-28GAMBIT-3 Mission 43511981-019Titan 24BUS Air ForceVandenberg SFB—LEOsuccess

Launch cadence · 1957 → 2026

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About this database

Every orbital launch since 1957 — 7,332 in total, 159 of them crewed — cross-linked to the rockets, operators and satellites involved. The historical record is built on GCAT and enriched with Launch Library 2, then matched to our live satellite catalogue.

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By year

2026 1492025 3302024 2632023 2232022 1862021 1462020 1142019 103

By vehicle

Soyuz 1,177Falcon 9 653Long March 653Kosmos 622Atlas 436Proton 425Thor 331Molniya 320

By operator

Soviet Rocket Forces 1,537Soviet Space Forces 905SpaceX 682CASC 644NASA 462Arianespace 305US Air Force 277Russian Aerospace Forces 272

By outcome / site

Successful 6,805Failed 525Unconfirmed 2Plesetsk Cosmodrome 1,644Baikonur Cosmodrome 1,558Cape Canaveral 1,093
Full launch index (277 launches)
POGS (1990-04-11)Improved CRYSTAL 2103 (1988-11-06)NOAA H (1988-09-24)P-11 No. 5103 (1988-09-05)VORTEX 5 (1988-09-02)DMSP Block 5D-2 S-8 (1988-02-03)DSP 5R (1987-11-29)Improved CRYSTAL 2102 (1987-10-26)DMSP Block 5D-2 S-9 (1987-06-20)PARCAE 9 (1987-05-15)JUMPSEAT 8 (1987-02-12)NOAA G (1986-09-17)HEXAGON SV-20 (1986-04-18)PARCAE 8 (1986-02-09)Navstar GPS SVN 11 (1985-10-09)Improved CRYSTAL 2101? (1985-08-28)Geosat (1985-03-13)SDS 6 (1985-02-08)DSP 6R (1984-12-22)NOAA F (1984-12-12)KH11-6 KENNAN (1984-12-04)Navstar GPS SVN 10 (1984-09-08)SDS 5 (1984-08-28)HEXAGON SV-19 (1984-06-25)Navstar GPS SVN 9 (1984-06-13)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4354 (1984-04-17)DSP 12 (1984-04-14)PARCAE 7 (1984-02-05)VORTEX 4 (1984-01-31)DMSP Block 5D-2 S-7 (1983-11-18)Jumpseat 7 (1983-07-31)Navstar GPS SVN 8 (1983-07-14)HEXAGON SV-18 (1983-06-20)PARCAE 6 (1983-06-09)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4353 (1983-04-15)NOAA E (1983-03-28)PARCAE 5 (1983-02-09)DMSP Block 5D-2 S-6 (1982-12-21)KH11-5 KENNAN (1982-11-17)DSCS II F-16 (1982-10-30)HEXAGON SV-17 (1982-05-11)DSP 13 (1982-03-06)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4352 (1982-01-21)Navstar GPS SVN 7 (1981-12-19)VORTEX 3 (1981-10-31)KH11-4 KENNAN (1981-09-03)NOAA C (1981-06-23)Jumpseat 6 (1981-04-24)DSP 10 (1981-03-16)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4351 (1981-02-28)SDS 4 (1980-12-13)PARCAE 4 (1980-12-09)HEXAGON SV-16 (1980-06-18)NOAA B (1980-05-29)Navstar GPS SVN 6 (1980-04-26)PARCAE 3 (1980-03-03)Navstar GPS SVN 5 (1980-02-09)KH11-3 KENNAN (1980-02-07)DSCS II D-13 (1979-11-21)VORTEX 2 (1979-10-01)NOAA A (1979-06-27)DSP 11 (1979-06-10)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4350 (1979-05-28)HEXAGON SV-15 (1979-03-16)P78-1 (1979-02-24)DSCS II C-11 (1978-12-14)Navstar GPS SVN 4 (1978-12-11)Tiros-N (1978-10-13)Navstar GPS SVN 3 (1978-10-07)SDS 3 (1978-08-05)Seasat A (1978-06-27)KH11-2 KENNAN (1978-06-14)CHALET 1 (1978-06-10)Navstar GPS SVN 2 (1978-05-13)AQUACADE 4 (1978-04-07)DSCS II C-9 (1978-03-25)HEXAGON SV-14 (1978-03-16)Jumpseat 5 (1978-02-25)Navstar GPS SVN 1 (1978-02-22)AQUACADE 3 (1977-12-11)PARCAE 2 (1977-12-08)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4349 (1977-09-23)HEXAGON SV-13 (1977-06-27)NTS 2 (1977-06-23)CANYON 7 (1977-05-23)DSCS II C-7 (1977-05-12)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4348 (1977-03-13)DSP 9 (1977-02-06)KH11-1 KENNAN (1976-12-19)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4347 (1976-09-15)SDS 2 (1976-08-06)HEXAGON SV-12 (1976-07-08)DSP 7 (1976-06-26)SDS 1 (1976-06-02)NNS O-15 (1976-05-22)PARCAE 1 (1976-04-30)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4346 (1976-03-22)LES 8 (1976-03-15)DSP 8 (1975-12-14)HEXAGON SV-11 (1975-12-04)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4345 (1975-10-09)CANYON 6 (1975-06-18)HEXAGON SV-10 (1975-06-08)DSCS II B-5 (1975-05-20)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4344 (1975-04-18)P72-2 (1975-04-13)Jumpseat 4 (1975-03-10)HEXAGON SV-9 (1974-10-29)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4343 (1974-08-14)NTS 1 (1974-07-14)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4342 (1974-06-06)ATS F (1974-05-30)HEXAGON SV-8 (1974-04-10)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4341 (1974-02-13)DSCS II B-3 (1973-12-13)HEXAGON SV-7 (1973-11-10)NNS O-20 (1973-10-30)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4340 (1973-09-27)Jumpseat 3 (1973-08-21)HEXAGON SV-6 (1973-07-13)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4339 (1973-06-26)DSP 2 (1973-06-12)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4338 (1973-05-16)HEXAGON SV-5 (1973-03-09)RHYOLITE 2 (1973-03-06)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4337 (1972-12-21)CANYON 5 (1972-12-20)HEXAGON SV-4 (1972-10-10)Radcat (1972-10-02)Triad OI-1X (1972-09-02)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4336 (1972-09-01)HEXAGON SV-3 (1972-07-07)CORONA CR-8R (1972-05-25)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4335 (1972-05-20)CORONA CR-16 (1972-04-19)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4334 (1972-03-17)DSP 4 (1972-03-01)Jumpseat 2 (1972-02-16)HEXAGON SV-2 (1972-01-20)POPPY 7 SV1 (1971-12-14)UK 4 (1971-12-11)CANYON 4 (1971-12-04)DSCS II A-1 (1971-11-03)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4333 (1971-10-23)ASTEX P71-2 (1971-10-17)CORONA CR-15 (1971-09-10)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4332 (1971-08-12)OAR-901 (1971-08-07)STRAWMAN 4 (1971-07-16)HEXAGON SV-1 (1971-06-15)DSP 3 (1971-05-05)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4331 (1971-04-22)CORONA CR-14 (1971-03-24)Jumpseat 1 (1971-03-21)CORONA CR-13 (1971-02-17)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4330 (1971-01-21)CORONA QR-2R (1970-11-18)DSP 1 (1970-11-06)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4329 (1970-10-23)CANYON 3 (1970-09-01)NNS O-19 (1970-08-27)STRAWMAN 3 (1970-08-26)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4328 (1970-08-18)CORONA CR-12 (1970-07-23)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4327 (1970-06-25)RHYOLITE 1 (1970-06-19)CORONA CR-11 (1970-05-20)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4326 (1970-04-15)Vela 6A (1970-04-08)CORONA CR-10 (1970-03-04)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4325 (1970-01-14)CORONA CR-9 (1969-12-04)GRS-A (1969-11-08)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4324 (1969-10-24)ESRO 1B (1969-10-01)P-11 No. 4407 (1969-09-30)CORONA J-46 (1969-09-22)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4323 (1969-08-23)STRAWMAN 2 (1969-07-31)CORONA CR-7 (1969-07-24)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4322 (1969-06-03)ERS 29 (1969-05-23)CORONA J-44 (1969-05-02)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4321 (1969-04-15)CANYON 2 (1969-04-13)CORONA J-43 (1969-03-19)OV1-17S (1969-03-18)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4320 (1969-03-04)Tacsat (1969-02-09)CORONA CR-6 (1969-02-05)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4319 (1969-01-22)CORONA J-50 (1968-12-12)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4318 (1968-12-04)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4317 (1968-11-06)CORONA CR-5 (1968-11-03)STRAWMAN 1 (1968-10-05)ESRO 1A (1968-10-03)OV2-5 (1968-09-26)CORONA J-49 (1968-09-18)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4316 (1968-09-10)UVR (1968-08-16)AD-C (1968-08-08)CORONA CR-4 (1968-08-07)CANYON 1 (1968-08-06)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4315 (1968-08-06)OV1-15S (1968-07-11)CORONA J-47 (1968-06-20)IDCSP 20 (1968-06-13)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4314 (1968-06-05)ESRO 2B (1968-05-17)CORONA CR-3 (1968-05-01)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4313 (1968-04-17)OV1-13 (1968-04-06)CORONA J-48 (1968-03-14)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4312 (1968-03-13)NNS O-18 (1968-03-02)CORONA J-45 (1968-01-24)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4311 (1968-01-18)MULTIGROUP 3 (1968-01-17)CORONA CR-2 (1967-12-09)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4310 (1967-12-05)OV3-6 (1967-12-05)CORONA J-41 (1967-11-02)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4309 (1967-10-25)NNS O-14 (1967-09-25)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4308 (1967-09-19)CORONA CR-1 (1967-09-15)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4307 (1967-08-16)CORONA J-42 (1967-08-07)OV1-8S (1967-07-27)MULTIGROUP 2 (1967-07-25)IDCSP 16 (1967-07-01)CORONA C'-4 (1961-03-30)Transit 3B (1961-02-22)CORONA RM-2 (1961-02-18)ARGON 1 (1961-02-17)SAMOS F-1 (1961-01-31)CORONA RM-1 (1960-12-20)Able VB (1960-12-15)CORONA C'-3 (1960-12-07)Transit 3A (1960-11-30)CORONA C'-2 (1960-11-12)CORONA C'-1 (1960-10-26)SAMOS E-1 (1960-10-11)Courier 1B (1960-10-04)Able VA (1960-09-25)CORONA C-10 (1960-09-13)Courier 1A (1960-08-18)CORONA C-9 (1960-08-18)CORONA Diagnostic 2 (1960-08-10)CORONA Diagnostic 1 (1960-06-29)Transit 2A (1960-06-22)Midas ETS-I F2 (1960-05-24)CORONA C-8 (1960-04-15)Transit 1B (1960-04-13)P-2 (1960-03-11)Midas ETS-I F1 (1960-02-26)CORONA C-7 (1960-02-19)CORONA C-6 (1960-02-04)Able IVB (1959-11-26)CORONA C-5 (1959-11-20)CORONA C-4 (1959-11-07)Able IVA (1959-09-24)Transit 1A (1959-09-17)CORONA C-3 (1959-08-19)CORONA C-2 (1959-08-13)NASA S-2 (1959-08-07)CORONA C-1 (1959-06-25)CORONA BIO 2 (1959-06-03)CORONA BIO 1 (1959-04-13)CORONA Test Vehicle 2 (1959-02-28)Discoverer 0 (1959-01-21)SCORE (1958-12-18)Able 3 (1958-11-08)Able 2 (1958-10-11)Able 1 (1958-08-17)

Last updated 2026-06-21 · Data: GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org) · Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs — enriched & cross-linked by Orbital Radar.