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List of USA satellites. This is a list of satellites and spacecraft which have been given USA designations by the United States Air Force. These designations have been applied to most United States military satellites since 1984, and replaced the earlier OPS designation. As of June 2022, USA designations have been assigned to 331 space satellites.
Likely test Starshield satellites. [36] 1 USA 320-323: v1.5 2022-002 13 January 2022 15:25:38 CCSFS, SLC-40: 525 km (326 mi) 97.6° 4 1 Success Unknown US Government Agency Likely test versions or operational Starshield satellites. Part of Transporter-3 (SmallSat Rideshare Mission 3). 2 USA 328-331: v1.5 2022-064 19 June 2022 04:27 CCSFS, SLC-40
60. 43. Success. First launch of Starlink "operational" satellites (v1.0), [ 34] with an increased mass of 260 kg each and included Ka-band antennas. [ 35] Satellites were released in a circular orbit at around 290 km altitude, from which the satellites raised their altitude by themselves. 3. L2. v1.0.
Ku-band satellite 167.6°W TDRS-5: United States NASA: 2 August 1991, Space Shuttle Atlantis: 148.0°W EchoStar-1: Lockheed Martin AS-7000: United States Echostar / DISH Network: Direct Broadcasting 28 December 1995, Long March 2E: Scheduled to move to 77°W: 139.0°W: AMC-6, WGS 6 (135°w) Lockheed Martin A2100AX: United States SES: Comsat
The United States Space Surveillance Network (SSN) detects, tracks, catalogs and identifies artificial objects orbiting Earth, e.g. active/inactive satellites, spent rocket bodies, or fragmentation debris. The system is the responsibility of United States Space Command and operated by the United States Space Force and its functions are:
Illustration of the DSCS III satellite. The Defense Satellite Communications System ( DSCS) [ 1 ] is a United States Space Force satellite constellation that provides the United States with military communications to support globally distributed military users. Beginning in 2007, DSCS began being replaced by the Wideband Global SATCOM system.
Location of TDRS as of 26 May 2020 Location of TDRS as of March 2019. This is a list of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites.TDRS spacecraft are all in geostationary orbit and are operated by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and are used for communication between NASA facilities and spacecraft, [1] including the Space Shuttle, Hubble Space Telescope, and ...
Mobile User Objective System. The Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) is a United States Space Force narrowband military communications satellite system that supports a worldwide, multi-service population of users in the ultra high frequency (UHF) band. The system provides increased communications capabilities to newer, smaller terminals while ...