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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 277 orbital launches by US Air Force, part of 7,412 orbital launches catalogued since 1957. Every entry links to the rocket, the operator and the satellites it deployed.

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)

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