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Military Spacecraft - USA

USA military satellites	USA military satellites (complete list) NROL launches
	ASAT Target	ITV 1, 2
	Calibration	Bluebell 2C Bluebell 2S Calsphere 1, 2, 3, 4 COOP Dodecapole 1, 2 (Porcupine 1, 2) Ho‘oponopono 2, 3 IRCB Lampo (0.1 Square Meter Target) LCS 1, 2, 3, 4 Long Rod NRL-PL 150B NRL-PL 170 OCSE OptiCube 1, 2, 3 OptiCube 4 Orbiscal 1 Orbiscal 2 Prox 1 Radcal Radcat Reflector SHARC SOICAL-Cone SOICAL-Cylinder SPAWAR-CAL O, OR, R TDO 1, 2, 3, 4 (EZ 1, 2, 3, 4) Tempsat 1, 2
	Communication	Advent AEHF 1, 2, 3, 4 (AWS) CBAS 1, 2 Courier 1A, 1B DSCS-2 1, ..., 16 DSCS-3 1, ..., 14 ESS 1 ESS 2 ESS 3 FLTSATCOM 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Block 1) FLTSATCOM 6, 7, 8 (Block 2) GeoLITE GLOMR ICE-Cap IDCSP / DSCS-1 1, ..., 27 Leasat 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 LES 1, 2 LES 3 LES 4 LES 5 LES 6 LES 7 LES 8, 9 MACSAT 1, 2 Milstar-1 1, 2 Milstar-2 1, 2, 3, 4 MUBLCOM MUOS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 NATO 2A, 2B NATO 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D NATO 4A, 4B ORSES ORS 7 (Polar Scout / Yukon, Kodiak) Quasar 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (SDS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) Quasar 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (SDS-2 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Quasar 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 (SDS-3 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) Quasar 20, 21 (SDS-4 1, 2) SCORE SCS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Microsat) SECS (GLOMR 2, Chalk Tercel 2 ?) SLDCOM 1, 2, 3, 4 SMDC-ONE SNaP T0TL A-Class 1, ..., 6 (Checkmate) [York] T0TL A-Class 7, ..., 13 (Wildfire) [LM] T0TL B-Class 1, ..., 4 (Checkmate) [York] T0TL B-Class 5, ..., 7 (Wildfire) [LM] TACSAT 1 TacSat 4 (JWS 1) T-Sat UFO 1, 2, 3 (Block 1) UFO 4, 5, 6, 7 (Block 2) UFO 8, 9, 10 (Block 3) UFO 11 (Block 4) WGS 1, 2 ,3 (Block 1) WGS 4, 5, 6, 7 (Block 2) WGS 8, 9, 10 (Block 2 F/O) WGS 11, 12
	Early warning	CHIRP DSP 1, 2, 3, 4 (Phase 1) DSP 5, 6, 7 (Phase 2) DSP 8, 9, 10, 11 (Phase 2 MOS/PIM) DSP 12, 13 (Phase 2 Upgrade) DSP 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 (Phase 3) HBTSS 1, 2 Heritage MIDAS 1, 2 (Series 1) MIDAS 3, 4, 5 (Series 2) MIDAS 6, 7, 8, 9 (Series 3) MIDAS-RTS-1 1, 2, 3 (RTS 1, 2, 3) NG-OPIR-GEO 1, ..., 6 (NGG 1, ..., 6) NG-OPIR-Polar 1, 2 (NGP 1, 2) PIRPL PTSS 1 SBIRS-GEO 1, 2, 3, 4 SBIRS-GEO 5, 6 SBIRS-HEO 1, 2 SBIRS-HEO 3, 4 SBIRS-LADS SBIRS-Low-FDS 1, 2 STSS 1, 2 STSS-ATRR T0TR 1, ..., 4 (BB) T0TR 5, ..., 8 Teal Ruby WFOV-T
	Geodesy & oceanography	ANNA 1A, 1B Geosat GFO GFO 2 LIDOS N-ROSS SALT SECOR (1), 5 (EGRS (1), 5) SECOR 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (EGRS 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) Topo 1
	Meteorology	Coriolis DSAP-1 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 DSAP-2 1, 2, 3 DSAP-3 1 DSAP-4A 1, 2, 3, 4 DSAP-4B 1, 2, 3 DSAP-5A 1, 2, 3 DSAP-5B 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 DMSP-5C 1, 2, 3 DMSP-5D1 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 DMSP-5D2 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 DMSP-5D3 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 DWSS 1, 2 EWS-G 1, 2, 3 [BSS-601] EWS-OD 1 EWS-P 1, 2 EWS-RROCI 1, 2 GIFTS-IOMI (EO 3) NPOES 1, 2 ORS 6 (COWVR) ORS 8 STP-H8 WSF-E WSF-G WSF-M 1, 2
	Navigation	GPS 1, ..., 12 (Navstar) GPS-2 1, ..., 9 (Navstar-2) GPS-2A 1, ..., 19 (Navstar-2A) GPS-2R 1, ..., 13 (Navstar-2R) GPS-2RM 1, ..., 8 (Navstar-2RM) GPS-2F 1, ..., 12 (Navstar-2F) GPS-3 1, ..., 10 (Navstar-3) GPS-3F 1, ..., 22 (Navstar-3F) Nova 1, 2, 3 NTS 1 NTS 2 NTS 3 Timation 1, 2 Transat Transit 1A, 1B Transit 2A Transit 3A, 3B Transit 4A, 4B Transit 5A 1, 2, 3 Transit 5BN 1, 2, 3 Transit 5C 1 Transit-O Triad 1 / TIP 1 Triad 2, 3 / TIP 2, 3
	Nuclear detection	Vela 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Vela 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
	Ocean surveillance	NOSS 1, ..., 9 (Parcae 1, ..., 9, White Cloud) NOSS-MSD (Parcae-MSD) NOSS-2 1, 2, 3, 4 (Intruder 1, 2, 3, 4) NOSS-2-TLD NOSS-3 1, ..., 8 (Intruder 5, ..., 12) Poppy 8, 9
	Reconnaissance, optical	EIS (8X) FIA-Optical Kestrel Eye 1 (Kestrel Eye Block 1) Kestrel Eye 2A (Kestrel Eye Block 2A) Kestrel Eye 2M (Kestrel Eye Block 2M) KH-1 (Corona) KH-2 (Corona) KH-3 (Corona) KH-4 (Corona, Agena-B based) KH-4 (Corona, Agena-D based) KH-4A (Corona) KH-4B (Corona) KH-5 (Argon, Agena-B based) KH-5 (Argon, Agena-D based) KH-6 (Lanyard) KH-7 (Gambit-1) KH-8 Block 1 (Gambit-3 Block 1) KH-8 Block 2 (Gambit-3 Block 2) KH-8 Block 3 (Gambit-3 Block 3) KH-8 Block 4 (Gambit-3 Block 4) KH-8 Dual Mode (Gambit-3 Dual Mode, Higherboy) KH-9 (Hexagon) KH-10 (Dorian / MOL) KH-11 (Kennen / Crystal) Misty 1, 2 ? (AFP-731) NEMO ORS 1 RAMOS 1, 2 1 Samos-E1 Samos-E2 Samos-E4 Samos-E5 Samos-E6 SeeMe TacSat 2 (JWS D1) TacSat 3 (JWS D2)
	Reconnaissance, radar	NROL 21 ? Onyx 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Lacrosse 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) ORS 2 Quill 1 Topaz 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (FIA-Radar)
	Satellite deployment	EAGLE JAWSAT LDPE 1, 2, 3A (ROOSTER 1, 2, 3A) MITEx Upper stage NOSS-MSD (Parcae-MSD) NOSS-2-TLD USSF-12 Ring
	Satellite Service, Inspection & Debris Removal	ANGELS GSSAP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 MITEx A (Wild Geese) MITEx B Mycroft Prowler 1 ? RSGS (SIS Servicing Vehicle 1) RSGS (MRV) XSS 10 XSS 11
	Scientific	ANDE FCal (NO 62, OSCAR 62) ANDE MAA (NO 61, OSCAR 61) Aurora COSMIC 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 CRRES ESRS (CRL 2) Falcon-ODE GRS (CRL 1) JMAPS LOADS 1 (OV1 16, Cannonball 1) LOADS 2 (Cannonball 2) RTDS (Musketball) Solrad 1, 2, 3, 4A, 4B Solrad 6, 7A, 7B Solrad 8 Solrad 9 Solrad 10 Solrad 11A, 11B Solwind Transit 5E 1 (S/N 39) Transit 5E 2 (S/N 40) Transit 5E 3 (S/N 41) Transit 5E 4 (S/N 42) Transit 5E 5 (S/N 43)
	SDIO / BMDO / MDA missions	Clementine 1 (DSPSE) Clementine 2 (DSPSE 2) COOP CRO A, B, C Delta Star (Delta-183) DSE 1, 2, 3 IBSS-SPAS ISA (DSPSE-ISA) LACE Losat-X MSTI 1 MSTI 2 MSTI 3 MSTI 4 MSTI 5 MSX NFIRE NFIRE-KV RME Skipper TVE (Delta 181) VSE (DM-43, Delta 180)
	SIGINT / COMINT / ELINT	Aftrack series: Donkey (Aftrack 42) Grape Juice 1 (Aftrack 17) Grape Juice 2, 3 (Aftrack 22, 25) Hayloft (Aftrack 37) Long John 1, 2 (Aftrack 35, 34) Long John 3 (Aftrack 38) Long John 4 (Aftrack 39) New Jersey 1 (Aftrack 24) New Jersey 2 (Aftrack 30) New Hampshire 1 (Aftrack NN) Opporknockity (Aftrack 40) Plymouth Rock 1 (Aftrack 26) Plymouth Rock 2 (Aftrack 34) Red Vino 1, 2 (Aftrack 28, 31) Soctop 1 (Aftrack 1) Soctop 2 (Aftrack 2) Soctop 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (Aftrack 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10) Square Twenty (Aftrack 41) S.T. Low 1, 2 (Aftrack 18, 21) Taki (1), (2) (Aftrack 7, 11) Taki (3) (Aftrack 19) Taki 2, 3 (Aftrack 23, 29) Texas Pint 1 (Aftrack 12) Topsoc 1, 2, 3 (Aftrack 13, 14, 15) Topsoc 4 (Aftrack 16) Wild Bill (Aftrack 9) Wild Bill 1 (Aftrack 20) Wild Bill 2, 4 (Aftrack 27, 33) Wild Bill 3 (Aftrack 32) Bit 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Canyon / Chalet / Vortex / Mercury series Canyon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Chalet / Vortex / Mercury 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 Mercury 14, 15, 16 (Adv. Vortex) SHARP 1 ? Grab / Dyno / Poppy / Parcae / Intruder series Grab / Dyno 1, (2), 2 / Poppy 1, 2 Poppy 3A, 3B, 4B, 5B, 5C (20 in) Poppy 4A, 4C, 5A, 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 7A (24 in) Poppy 7B, 7C, 7D, 8A-D, 9A-D (multifaceted) NOSS 1, ..., 9 (Parcae 1, ..., 9, White Cloud) NOSS-2 1, ..., 4 (Intruder 1, ..., 4) NOSS-3 1, ..., 8 (Intruder 5, ..., 12) Jumpseat / Trumpet series Jumpseat 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Trumpet 1, 2, 3 Trumpet 4, 5 Trumpet 6, 7 Nemesis 1, 2 (PAN, CLIO / P360) P-11 / P-989 "Subsatellite Ferret" series Arroyo (P-11 4427) Facade (P-11 4410) Fanion 1, 2 / Tripos 1, 2 (P-11 4402, 4406) Fanion 3 / Slewto (P-11 4408) Farrah 1, 2 ? (P-11 4433, 4434) Farrah 3, 4, 5 ? (P-11 5103,..., 5105) Lampan 1, 2 / Sampan 2, 3 (P-11 4411, 4417) Leige / Plicat (P-11 4404) Mabeli (P-11 4424) Magnum (P-11 4403) Noah's Ark (P-11 4301) Pundit 1, 2, 3, 4 (P-11 4001, 4101, 4102, 4401) Raquel 1, 1A, 2 (P-11 4429, 4432) Sampan 1 / Sousea 1 (P-11 4405) Savant 1, 2 (P-11 4409, 4419) Step Thirteen / Plymouth Rock 3 (P-11 4302) Tivoli 1, 2, 3 (P-11 4412, 4418, 4422) Tophat 1, 2 (P-11 4423, 4428) Tripos 3, 4 / Sousea 2, 3 (P-11 4420, 4421) Ursala 1, 2, 3, 4 (P-11 4425, 4426, 4430, 4431) Vampan 1 (P-11 4413) Weston (P-11 4407) P-11 (unidentified) P-226 1 P-801 1,..., 7 P-102 / P-698BK / P-770 "Heavy Ferret" series P-102 / P-698BK / P-770 (Agena-B based) ("Heavy Ferret A") P-102 / P-698BK / P-770 (Agena-D based) ("Heavy Ferret B") Multigroup 1, 2, 3 ("Heavy Ferret C") Strawman 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ("Heavy Ferret D") Prowler 1 ? Rhyolite / Aquacade / Magnum / Orion series Rhyolite / Aquacade 1, 2, 3, 4 Orion 1, 2 (Magnum) Orion 3, 4 ('Advanced Orion') Orion 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 ('Advanced Orion') Samos-F1
	Space surveillance	GSSAP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Odyssey (TacRL 2) ORS 5 (SensorSat) S5 SBSS 1 Silentbarker 1, 2, 3 STARE A, B, C (Re, Horus) Victus Nox (TacRS 3)
	Technology / research	3CSat 1, 2, 3 Aces 1, 2, 3, 4 Agena Piggy-Back payloads ALEXIS ALICE APEX ARGOS Ascent ASTEX ASTRO ATEx AVL-802 Gridsphere 1, 2 AVL-802 Mylar Balloon AVL-802 Rigidsphere Beacon 1, 2 Black Knight 1 BRICSat-P (BRICSat 1 / NO 83 / Naval Academy-OSCAR 83) BRICSat 2 (USNAP 1 / NO 103 / Navy-OSCAR 103) C/NOFS CELTEE 1 CFESat CHEFsat CUSat 1, 2 Coriolis DARPASAT DASH 1, 2 Discoverer 1 Discoverer 2, 3, 12, 13 DODGE Dragsphere 1, 2 DSX EAGLE ELMS 1, 2 eXCITe (PTB 1) Falcon Gold Falcon-ODE (AFOTEC 1) FalconSat 1 (FS 1) FalconSat 2 (FS 2) FalconSat 3 (FS 3) FalconSat 4 (FS 4) FalconSat 5 (FS 5) FalconSat 6 (FS 6) FalconSat 7 (FS 7, DOTSI) FalconSat 8 (FS 8) FASTRAC 1, 2 FORTE GROUP-C GGSE 1 GGSE 2, 3 GGSE 4, 5 GGTS 1, 2 Gunsmoke-G 1 Gunsmoke-J 1, 2, 3, 4 (Jacob's Ladder 1, 2, 3, 4) Gunsmoke-L 1, 2 (Lonestar 1, 2) HALO-Net FFS HFsat HILAT Hitchhiker (P-11) ISAT JAWSAT (1) JAWSAT LDPE 1, 2, 3A / ROOSTER 4 LIPS 1, 2, 3 LOFTI 1, 2 LOFTI 2A LOGACS M-Sat (MR-SAT, MRS-SAT) Mandrake 1 Mandrake 2A, 2B MEMS Picosats MEPSI MidSTAR 1 MidSTAR 2 Mightysat 1 Mightysat 2 MISR-A 1 MISR-B 1, 2 Monolith MRPV MTI NEXTSat/CSC NPSat 1 NPS-CENETIX-Orbital 1 NPS-SCAT NRL-PL 137 NRL-PL 170 NRL-PL 176 OPAL Oracle ORS 3 ORS Mk.2 ORS Mk.3 ORS Squared (ORS²) ORS Tech 1, 2 OV1 OV1P OV2 OV3 OV4 1R, 1T OV4 3 OV5 P80-2 PANSAT PasComSat (OV1 8) PCSat 1 PDD Pearl Ruby Pearl White 1, 2 Perseus 000, 001, 002, 003 Phoenix PICOSat Pilot 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 PnPSat 1 Polar Bear PRIME 1, 2, 3 PRoFILE Prometheus 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B Prometheus 2.1, ..., 2.10 PropCube 1, 2, 3 (Flora, Fauna, Merryweather) Prox 1 PSat A, B (ParkinsonSat A, B) PSat 2 (Navy-OSCAR 104 / NO 104) PSSC-Testbed 1 PSSC-Testbed 2 PSSC-Testbed 3 PTLS QbX 1, 2 R3D2 RADOSE Radsat RATE Recurve Research Payload Module 481 REX 1, 2 RM 1, 2 RM 18 & UVR RM 20 RPP RAFT1 (NO 60, Navy-OSCAR 60) / MARScom (NMARS) Red-Eye 1, 2, 3 (Pinot, Merlot, Cabernet) RSat-P S3 1, 2, 3 SAPPHIRE SCATHA SENSE 1, 2 SESP 1 SGLS 1 Shepherd Demonstration SINOD-D 1, 2, 3 SMDC-TechSat Snapshot Space Test Program (STP) SPARC 1 SpinSat Star-Rad Starscan StackSat (POGS&SSR / TEX / SCE) STEP 0 (TAOS) STEP 1 STEP 2 (SIDEX) STEP 3 STEP 4 STEX STP-27AD1, 27AD2 STP-H3 STP-H4 STP-H5 STP-H6 STP-H7 STP-H8 STP-H9 STPSat 1 STPSat 2, 3 STPSat 4 STPSat 5 STPSat 6 STPSat 7 STPSat 8 Streak (STP-R1) Surcal 1 Surcal 2, 3, 4, 5 TacSat 1 TacSat 2 (JWS D1) TacSat 3 (JWS D2) TacSat 4 (JWS 1, CommX) TacSat 5 TacSat 6 Teal Ruby (P80-1, AFP-888) Techsat-21 TetherSat 1, 2 Tetra 1 Tetra 2 Tetra 3, 4 Tetra 5A, 5B, 5C TINYSCOPE TiPS TRAAC Trailblazer TRS Mk.1 TRS Mk.2 (ERS) TSX 5 U2U USA 41 USA 70 USS Langley USSF-12 Ring VPM West Ford Wideband Wildcard X-37B OTV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
	Unknown	NROL 174 USA 276 (NROL 76) USA 286 USA 287 USA 294 (NROL 151) USA 295, 296, 297 USA 301, 302, 303 USA 305, 306, 307, 308 (NROL 129) USA 310 (NROL 101) USA 312, 313 (NROL 108) USA 316, 317, 318 (NROL 111) USA 320, ..., 323, 328, ..., 331 USA 326 (NROL 87) USA 334 (NROL 162, 199) Zuma

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