List of USSF launches

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This is a list of USSF Launch (USSF) designations for satellites operated by the United States Space Force (USSF). Those missions are generally classified, so that their exact purposes and orbital elements are not published.

Launch statistics

Launch vehicle families

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2024

2025

•   Atlas
•   Falcon
•   Vulcan

Launch sites

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2024

2025

•   Cape Canaveral (FL)
•   Kennedy (FL)
•   Vandenberg (CA)

Launch history

Launch designation	Payload nickname	Satellite designation	Date/time, UTC	Launch site	Rocket	Orbit	Project	Function	Status	Patch	Remarks
SF-7 [1]		USA-229, 300	17 May 2020 13:14:00	CCSFS, SLC-41	Atlas V 501	Low Earth	X-37B OTV-6 [2]	Technology demonstration	Mission successfully completed		First launch under USSF designation.
SF-8 [3]		USA-324, 325	22 January 2022 19:00:00	CCSFS, SLC-41	Atlas V 511	Geosynchronous	GSSAP-5 & 6 [4]	Space Surveillance	Entered service, status unknown
SF-12 [5]		USA-332, 333, 337	2 July 2022 23:15	CCSFS, SLC-41	Atlas V 541	Geosynchronous	WFOV-T & USSF-12 Ring [6] [7]	Early warning, Technology demonstration	Entered service, status unknown
SF-15 [8]			2028	KSC, LC-39A	Falcon Heavy	Medium Earth	GPS IIIF-03	Navigation	Planned
SF-16 [9]			2026	CCSFS, SLC-41	Vulcan Centaur	TBA	TBA	TBA	Planned
SF-25 [10]			2027	CCSFS, SLC-41	Vulcan Centaur	Low Earth	DRACO Demo	Technology demonstration	Planned
SF-26 [11]			2026	CCSFS, SLC-41	Vulcan Centaur	TBA	TBA	TBA	Planned
SF-31 [12]			2025	CCSFS, SLC-40 or KSC, LC-39A	Falcon 9 Block 5	TBA	TBA	TBA	Planned
SF-36 [13]		USA-555	22 August 2025 03:40	KSC, LC-39A	Falcon 9 Block 5	Low Earth	X-37B OTV-8	TBA	Entered service, status unknown
SF-43 [14]			Q1 2026	CCSFS, SLC-41	Vulcan Centaur	Geosynchronous	LDPE-4 & Others	Technology demonstration	Planned
SF-44 [15]		USA-339, 340, 341, 344, 399, 546, 547, 548, 551, 552, 553	1 November 2022 13:41	KSC, LC-39A	Falcon Heavy	Geosynchronous	Shepherd Demonstration & LDPE-2 [16] [17]	Technology demonstration & Others	Entered service, status unknown
SF-49 [18]			2027	CCSFS, SLC-41	Vulcan Centaur	Medium Earth	GPS IIIF-02	Navigation	Planned
SF-50 [19]			2027	CCSFS, SLC-41	Vulcan Centaur	Geosynchronous	NG-OPIR-GEO II	Early warning	Planned
SF-51 [20]		USA-396, 397, 398 [21]	30 July 2024 10:45	CCSFS, SLC-41	Atlas V 551	Geosynchronous	-	TBA	Entered service, status unknown
SF-52 [22]		USA-349	29 December 2023 01:07:00	KSC, LC-39A	Falcon Heavy	Highly elliptical HEO	X-37B OTV-7 [23]	Military communications	Mission successfully completed
SF-57 [24]			March 2026	CCSFS, SLC-41	Vulcan Centaur	Geosynchronous	NG-OPIR-GEO I	Early warning	Planned
SF-62 [25]		-	11 April 2024 14:25	VSFB, SLC-4E	Falcon 9 Block 5	Sun-synchronous	WSF-M1 [26]	Meteorology	Entered service, status unknown
SF-67 [27]		USA-342	15 January 2023 22:56	KSC, LC-39A	Falcon Heavy	Geosynchronous	CBAS-2 & LDPE-3A [28] [29]	Communications, Technology demonstration	Entered service, status unknown
SF-70 [30]			2027	KSC, LC-39A	Falcon Heavy	Geosynchronous	LDPE-4 & Others	Technology demonstration	Planned
SF-75 [31]			2025	KSC, LC-39A	Falcon Heavy	TBA	TBA	TBA	Planned
SF-87 [32]			Q3 2025	CCSFS, SLC-41	Vulcan Centaur VC4S	Geosynchronous	GSSAP-5 & 6 [33]	Space Surveillance	Planned
SF-95 [34]			2026	CCSFS, SLC-41	Vulcan Centaur	Medium Earth	MTC Epoch-1 1	Missile tracking	Planned
SF-106 [35]		USA-554	13 August 2025 00:56	CCSFS, SLC-41	Vulcan Centaur VC4S	Geosynchronous	NTS-3 [36]	Navigation & Others	Entered service, status unknown		First NSSL mission for Vulcan Centaur.
SF-112 [37]			2025	CCSFS, SLC-41	Vulcan Centaur VC4S	TBA	TBA	TBA	Planned
SF-114 [38]			2025	VSFB, SLC-3E	Vulcan Centaur	TBA	TBA	TBA	Planned
SF-124 [39]		-	15 February 2024 22:30	CCSFS, SLC-40	Falcon 9 Block 5	Low Earth	HBTSS-1, 2 & Others [40]	Early warning & Others	Entered service, status unknown
SF-174 [41]			2027	KSC, LC-39A	Falcon Heavy	TBA	TBA	TBA	Planned
SF-178 [42]			2027	VSFB, SLC-4E or SLC-6	Falcon 9 Block 5	Sun-synchronous	WSF-M2 & BLAZE-2	Meteorology & Others	Planned
SF-186 [43]			2027	KSC, LC-39A	Falcon Heavy	TBA	TBA	TBA	Planned
SF-234 [44]			2027	CCSFS, SLC-40 or KSC, LC-39A	Falcon 9 Block 5	TBA	TBA	TBA	Planned
SF-261S−A [45]			2025	VSFB, SLC-8	Minotaur IV	Sun-synchronous	EWS-OD 1	TBA	Planned
Launch designation	Launch name	Satellite designation	Launch date/time (UTC)	Launch site	Rocket	Orbit	Project	Function	Status	Patch	Remarks

Gallery

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  USSF-12 Launch
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  USSF-52 Launch
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  USSF-124 Launch
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  USSF-62 Launch
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  USSF-51 Launch
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  USSF-106 Launch
• 
  USSF-36 Launch

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• List of USA satellites
• List of NRO launches
• National Security Space Launch#Missions

References

1. "Atlas V 501 - USSF-7 (OTV-6)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
2. "X-37B OTV 1, ..., 7". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
3. "Atlas V 511 - USSF-8 (GSSAP 5 & 6)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
4. "GSSAP 1, ..., 10 (Hornet 1, ..., 10)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
5. "Atlas V 541 - USSF-12 (WFOV & Others)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
6. "WFOV-T". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
7. "USSF-12 Ring". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
8. "Falcon Heavy - USSF-15 (GPS IIIF-3)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
9. "Vulcan Centaur - USSF-16". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
10. "Vulcan Centaur - USSF-25 (DRACO)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
11. "Vulcan Centaur - USSF-26". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
12. "Falcon 9 Block 5 - USSF-31". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
13. "Falcon 9 Block 5 - USSF-36 (OTV-8)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
14. "Vulcan VC4S - USSF-43 (ROOSTER-4)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
15. "Falcon Heavy - USSF-44 (Shepherd Demonstration & LDPE-2)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
16. "Shepherd Demonstration". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
17. "LDPE 1, 2, 3A (ROOSTER 1, 2, 3A)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
18. "Vulcan Centaur - USSF-49 (GPS IIIF-2)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
19. "Vulcan Centaur - USSF-50 (NGG-2)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
20. "Atlas V 551 - USSF-51". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
21. "USA 396, 397, 398 (USSF 51)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
22. "Falcon Heavy - USSF-52 (X-37B OTV-7)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
23. "X-37B OTV 1, ..., 7". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
24. "Vulcan Centaur - USSF-57 (NGG-1)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
25. "Falcon 9 Block 5 - USSF-62 (WSF-M1)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
26. "WSF-M 1, 2". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
27. "Falcon Heavy - USSF-67 (CBAS-2 & LDPE-3A)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
28. "CBAS 1, 2, 3". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
29. "LDPE 1, 2, 3A (ROOSTER 1, 2, 3A)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
30. "Falcon Heavy - USSF-70 (ROOSTER-5 & Tetra-6)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
31. "Falcon Heavy - USSF-75". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
32. "Vulcan VC4S - USSF-87 (GSSAP 7 & 8)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
33. "GSSAP 1, ..., 10 (Hornet 1, ..., 10)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
34. "Vulcan Centaur - USSF-95". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
35. "Vulcan VC4S - USSF-106 (NTS-3 & Others)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
36. "NTS 3". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
37. "Vulcan VC4S - USSF-112". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
38. "Vulcan Centaur - USSF-114". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
39. "Falcon 9 Block 5 - USSF-124 (HBTSS & Others)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
40. "HBTSS 1, 2". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
41. "Falcon Heavy - USSF-174". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
42. "Falcon 9 Block 5 - USSF-178 (WSF-M2 & BLAZE-2)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
43. "Falcon Heavy - USSF-186". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
44. "Falcon 9 Block 5 - USSF-234". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
45. "Minotaur IV - USSF-261S-A (EWS-OD 1)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025.