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USA (classified US military payloads)

National Reconnaissance Office · United States

Median orbit
575 km · 70.0°
Active
393
Inactive
0
Decayed
12
On orbit
486
Total launched
498
Launches
180
Launched 30 d
23
Launched 365 d
79
First launch
25 Jun 1984
Last launch
16 Aug 2026
Activity scorederived
7.9
launch cadence index
Snapshot
11 Sept 2026 22:14 UTC

Deployment

Deployment timeline

Cumulative satellites launched

Cumulative satellites launched by month02004001984199019972005201620222026

Launched per month

Satellites launched per month010203040501984-061990-111997-112005-102016-022022-112026-08

Orbits

Orbital shells

Perigee altitude · satellites per 25 km

Perigee altitude histogram0501001505K km10K km15K km20K km25K km30K km35K km

Inclination · satellites per 5°

Inclination histogram01002000°20°40°60°80°100°120°

Largest shells (perigee × inclination)

PerigeeInclinationSatellites
580 km70.00°160
570 km70.00°35
350 km70.00°25
440 km70.00°8
430 km70.00°5
510 km70.00°4
1,100 km123.00°4
35,780 km12.00°3
320 km70.00°3
310 km70.00°3

Shells bucket current elements to 20 km × 1°. Orbit classes are derived.

Launches

Launch history · 180 launches

LaunchDateSiteSatellitesActive
2026-18616 Aug 2026Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California2323
2026-17430 Jul 2026Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida11
2026-14119 Jun 2026Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California99
2026-12607 Jun 2026Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California22
2026-10312 May 2026Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California2222
2026-02912 Feb 2026Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida44
2026-01117 Jan 2026Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California99
2025-29109 Dec 2025Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida11
2025-21322 Sept 2025Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California88
2025-18322 Aug 2025Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida11
2025-17313 Aug 2025Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida22
2025-16531 Jul 2025Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California22
2025-07920 Apr 2025Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California2222
2025-07716 Apr 2025Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California22
2025-07412 Apr 2025Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California2222
2025-06024 Mar 2025Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida11
2025-05821 Mar 2025Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California1111
2025-01421 Jan 2025Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida22
2025-00510 Jan 2025Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California2222
2024-24317 Dec 2024Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California2222
2024-22530 Nov 2024Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California22
2024-19224 Oct 2024Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California1717
2024-16006 Sept 2024Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California2121
2024-13430 Jul 2024Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida77
2024-12129 Jun 2024Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California2121
2024-09622 May 2024Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California2121
2024-06709 Apr 2024Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida11
2024-05321 Mar 2024Wallops Flight Facility / MARS, Virginia11
2024-05019 Mar 2024Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California22
2023-14010 Sept 2023Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida33

Showing the 30 most recent launches.

Fleet

Recent satellites

All satellites in this constellation →
SatelliteNORADStatusLaunchedPerigeeApogeeIncl.
USA 642100355Active16 Aug 2026348 km353 km70.03°
USA 641100354Active16 Aug 2026347 km353 km70.02°
USA 640100353Active16 Aug 2026348 km353 km70.03°
USA 639100352Active16 Aug 2026348 km353 km70.03°
USA 638100351Active16 Aug 2026348 km353 km70.03°
USA 637100350Active16 Aug 2026337 km348 km70.01°
USA 636100349Active16 Aug 2026348 km353 km70.02°
USA 635100348Active16 Aug 2026348 km353 km70.03°
USA 634100347Active16 Aug 2026308 km361 km70.02°
USA 633100346Active16 Aug 2026347 km355 km70.02°
USA 632100345Active16 Aug 2026315 km374 km70.02°
USA 631100344Active16 Aug 2026330 km361 km70.03°

Reentries

Decays by month

12 decays recorded · per month

Decayed satellites per month01231984-101987-081989-052008-022024-112026-04

Timeline

Events

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