UNITED STATES MILITARY MANIFEST (16 Jul 2008) USA Date Launch Vehicle Payload -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 200 13 Mar 08 Atlas V411 (AV-006) NROL-28 (TRUMPET 5?/SBIRS-HEO 2?/IPA 3?/ [TWINS B]) 201 15 Mar 08 Delta II (7925-9.5) NAVSTAR/GPS IIRM-6/IIR-19M (SVN 48) - 16 Apr 08 Pegasus XL M39 C/NOFS (P00-3, CINDI) # 29 Jul 08 Falcon I Jumpstart (ORS), D-Sat, NanoSail-D, [Celestis 05] # 10 Sep 08 Atlas V401 (AV-017) DMSP-5D3 F18 11 Sep 08 Delta II NAVSTAR/GPS IIRM-8/IIR-21M # 26 Sep 08 Delta IVH NROL-26 # 11 Oct 08 Atlas V421 (AV-016) WGS SV-2 # 20 Oct 08 Minotaur I TacSat 3, Genesat 2, PharmaSat 1 Oct 08 Minotaur IV TacSat 4 Oct 08 Atlas V501 NROL-41 13 Nov 08 Delta II STSS Demo (STSS 1, STSS 2, Block 2006) Dec 08 Atlas V501 NROL-39 Dec 08 Minotaur IV SBSS 1 Dec 08 Atlas V X-37B F-1 08 Delta II NAVSTAR/GPS IIRM-7/IIR-20M 08 Minotaur I MDA-DST 08 Falcon I TacSat 1 08 TBD MPE (Multiple Payload Ejector) Delta II (732X) SBIRS I Delta II (732X) SBIRS II -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Jan 09 Atlas V531 AEHF F-1 Jan 09 Delta IVM NAVSTAR/GPS IIF-1 Jan 09 Delta II XSS-12 Feb 09 Delta IVM WGS SV-3 Feb 09 Atlas V401 SBIRS-GEO 1 Mar 09 Falcon IX US Government Demo Launch Mar 09 Atlas V521 NROL-29 # 30 Apr 09 Delta II (7920-10C) STSS-ATRR (Block 2010 Risk Reduction) May 09 Delta IVM NROL-25 Oct 09 Atlas V NROL-34 09 Delta IVH NROL-? Atlas V401 NAVSTAR/GPS IIF-2 Atlas V401 NAVSTAR/GPS IIF-3 Atlas V401 NAVSTAR/GPS IIF-4 Delta IVM NAVSTAR/GPS IIF-5 Atlas V401 NAVSTAR/GPS IIF-6 Atlas V401 NAVSTAR/GPS IIF-7 Atlas V401 NAVSTAR/GPS IIF-8 Delta IVM NAVSTAR/GPS IIF-9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 10 Atlas V401 SBIRS-GEO 2 10 Delta IVM NAVSTAR/GPS IIF-10 10 Delta IVM+(4,2) SBIRS H-3 10 Delta IVH NROL-? (Polar orbit) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minotaur MightySat-II.2 Atlas V501 NROL-45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Launch failure - No USA number assigned # Change since beginning of month AEHF Advanced Extreme High Frequency Satellite ATRR Advanced Technology Risk Reduction C/NOFS Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program D-Sat Dosimeter Satellite GPS Global Positioning System IPA Interim Polar Adjunct MDA-DST Missile Defense Agency Direct to Satellite Telemetry METOC Naval Meteorological and Oceanography Command NROL National Reconnaissance Office Launch ORS Operationally Responsive Space Satellite SBIRS-GEO Space Based Infra Red Sensor Geosynchronus Earth Orbit SBIRS-HEO Space Based Infra Red Sensor High Earth Orbit SBSS Space Based Surveillance System SDS-HEO Satellite Data System High Earth Orbit STSS Space Tracking and Surveillance System SVN Space Vehicle Number TWINS Two Wide-Angle Imaging Neutral-Atom Spectrometers WGS Wideband Global Satcom (Wideband Gapfiller Satellite) XSS Experimental Satellite System The dates listed are those for GMT. All information was obtained from public sources. If anyone can fill in the question marks or provide corrections which is public knowledge please let me know. Square brackets indicate secondary non-military payloads. Steven S. Pietrobon, Small World Communications, 6 First Avenue Payneham South SA 5070, Australia fax +61 8 8332 3177 mailto:steven@sworld.com.au http://www.sworld.com.au