UNITED STATES MILITARY MANIFEST (18 Aug 2017) USA Date Launch Vehicle Payload -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 273 21 Jan 17 Atlas V401 (AV-066) SBIRS-GEO 3 (SV 4) 274 1 Mar 17 Atlas V401 (AV-068) NROL 79 (INTRUDER 8, NOSS-3 8A/8B, CHRONOS/KAIROS) 275 18 Mar 17 Delta 377 IVM+(5,4)U WGS SV-9 276 1 May 17 Falcon 9 v1.2 F14 NROL 76 # 26 Aug 17 Minotaur 4/Orion 38 F1 ORS 5 (SensorSat) 7 Sep 17 Falcon 9 v1.2 F22 OTV-5 (X-37B-1 F3) # 14 Sep 17 Atlas V541 (AV-072) NROL 42 (TRUMPET F/O-2 2?, SBIRS-HEO 4?) 25 Sep 17 Atlas V421 (AV-083) NROL 52 (QUASAR 21, SDS-4 2 GEO) 13 Dec 17 Delta IVM+(5,2)U NROL 47 (TOPAZ 4?, FIA-R4?) 17 Atlas V AFSPC 7 17 SPARK F2 ORS-Squared (ORSē), STU 2 ? ? PTecSat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 18 Jan 18 Atlas V411 (AV-076) SBIRS-GEO 4 (SV 3) Mar 18 Atlas V551 (AV-078) AFSPC 11 30 Apr 18 Falcon Heavy F3 STP 2 (DSX (Cygnus, SSTE 4, SET 1), FalconSat 6, Formosat 7A to 7F (COSMIC 2-1 to 2-6), GPIM, NPSAT 1, Oculus-ASR, OTB (DSAC), Prox 1 (Nanosat 7, LightSail 2)), ELaNa XV (ARMADILLO, LEO (CP 9), StangSat) May 18 Falcon 9 v1.2 GPS IIIA-02 Mid 18 ? Biarri-Squad (3) Mid 18 ? Buccaneer Main Mission # Aug 18 Delta IVM+(4,2)U GPS IIIA-01 (SVN 74) 15 Sep 18 Delta IVHU NROL 71 (KH-11 Replacement) 4qt 18 Atlas V541 (AV-084) AEHF SV-5 # 18 Atlas V531 AEHF SV-4 18 Atlas V411 GPS IIIA-05 18 Delta IVM+(5,4)U WGS SV-10 18 Minotaur I NROL 111 18 XS-1 ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 19 Falcon 9 v1.2 GPS IIIA-03 15 Jun 19 Atlas V551 ESPA/STP 3 (STPSat 6 (SABRS 3, LCRD)) 15 Dec 19 TBD GPS IIIA 19 Atlas V541 (AV-086) AEHF SV-6 19 Atlas V (AV-088) NROL 101 19 Delta IVHU NROL 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Jan 20 TBD AFSPC 12 (WFTV, ESPA) 1 Apr 20 TBD AFSPC 8 (GSSAP 5, GSSAP 6) Oct 20 TBD GPS IIIA 20 Delta IVHU NROL 68 20 ? SBIRS GEO-5 20 ? NTS 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 21 TBD GPS IIIA 21 ? SBSS 21 ? SBIRS GEO-6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?? ? AFSPC 44 ?? ? AFSPC 52 ?? ? NROL 85 ?? ? NROL 87 ?? ? NROL 107 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Launch failure - No USA number assigned # Change since beginning of month AEHF Advanced Extreme High Frequency Satellite AFSPC Air Force Space Command COSMIC Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate DMSP Defence Meteorological Satellite Program DSAC Deep Space Atomic Clock DSX Demonstration and Science Experiments (Deployable Structures Experiment) EELV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle ESPA EELV Secondary Payload Adapter GPIM Green Propellant Infusion Mission GPS Global Positioning System LCRD Laser Communications Relay Demonstration MUOS Mobile User Objective System NROL National Reconnaissance Office Launch NTS Navigation Technology Satellite ORS Operationally Responsive Space OTB Orbital Test Bed SABRS Space and Atmospheric Burst Reporting System SBSS Space Based Space Surveillance SV Space Vehicle SBIRS-GEO Space Based Infra Red Sensor Geosynchronus Earth Orbit SET Space Environments Testbeds SSTE Space Science Technology Experiment USS Unix Space Server WFTV Wide Field of View Testbed WGS Wideband Global Satcom (Wideband Gapfiller Satellite) XS Experimental Spaceplane 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