Mission History

Below is a listing of previous Astrotech Space Operations missions.

GPS III SV06
Launch Date
January 18, 2023

Global Positioning System III Space Vehicle 06 (GPS-III-SV06) joins 31 other satellites in the GPS global constellation.

Launch Site
CCSFS
Vehicle
Falcon 9

USSF-67
Launch Date
January 15, 2023

USSF-67 consists of the Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM 2 (CBAS-2) and Long Duration Propulsive ESPA (LDPE)-3A spacecraft for the U.S. Space Force.

Launch Site
CCSFS
Vehicle
Falcon Heavy

SWOT
Launch Date
December 16, 2022

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission is a satellite altimeter jointly developed and operated by NASA and the French space agency (CNES).

Launch Site
VSFB
Vehicle
Falcon 9

JPSS-2
Launch Date
November 10, 2022

The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 is a mission for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Launch Site
VSFB
Vehicle
Atlas V

USSF-44
Launch Date
November 1, 2022

USSF-44 carries two Space Force satellites and small rideshare payloads.

Launch Site
CCSFS
Vehicle
Falcon Heavy

SES-20/21
Launch Date
October 4, 2022

SES-20 and 21 are two spacecraft that will provide television broadcasting services across the United States, operated by SES of Luxembourg.

Launch Site
CCSFS
Vehicle
Atlas V

NROL-91
Launch Date
September 24, 2022

NROL-91 is a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Launch Site
VSFB
Vehicle
Delta IV Heavy

USSF-12
Launch Date
July 1, 2022

USSF-12 features two satellite payloads: the Wide Field of View (WFOV) Testbed for U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Sensing Directorate and the USSF-12 Ring spacecraft for the Defense Department’s Space Test Program.

Launch Site
CCSFS
Vehicle
Atlas V

GOES-T
Launch Date
March 1, 2022

NOAA’s GOES-T is the third satellite in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) – R Series, the Western Hemisphere’s most sophisticated weather-observing and environmental-monitoring system. The GOES-R Series provides advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements, real-time mapping of lightning activity, and monitoring of space weather.

Launch Site
CCSFS
Vehicle
Atlas V

NROL-87
Launch Date
February 2, 2022

The NROL-87 mission carried a national security payload designed, built, and operated by the National Reconnaissance Office.

Launch Site
VSFB
Vehicle
Falcon 9

USSF-8
Launch Date
January 21, 2022

The U.S. Space Force (USSF) - 8 mission includes two identical Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites—GSSAP-5 and GSSAP-6 for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command. The satellites provide neighborhood watch services in the Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) improving flight safety for all spacefaring nations operating in that orbit. This was the first and only planned flight of the Atlas V 511 configuration in the Atlas family.

Launch Site
CCSFS
Vehicle
Atlas V

STP-3
Launch Date
December 7, 2021

The Space Test Program (STP)-3 mission consists of the STPSat-6 satellite that hosts the National Nuclear Security Administration's Space and Atmospheric Burst Reporting System-3 (SABRS-3) package and NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) experiment. The launch also includes a propulsive secondary payload adapter carrying additional small science and technology missions.

Launch Site
CCSFS
Vehicle
Atlas V

DART
Launch Date
November 24, 2021

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is a planetary defense-driven test of technologies for preventing an impact of Earth by a hazardous asteroid. DART will be the first demonstration of the kinetic impactor technique to change the motion of an asteroid in space.

Launch Site
VSFB
Vehicle
Falcon 9

Lucy
Launch Date
October 16, 2021

Lucy is the first space mission launched to study the Trojan asteroids. Trojans are small bodies that are remnants of our early solar system. They orbit the Sun in two loose groups: one group leading ahead of Jupiter in its orbit, the other trailing behind. During its 12-year primary mission, NASA's Lucy spacecraft will explore a record-breaking number of asteroids, flying by one main belt asteroid, and seven Trojans.

Launch Site
CCSFS
Vehicle
Atlas V

GPS III SV05
Launch Date
June 17, 2021

GPS III SV05 is fifth in a series of 10 upgraded GPS III satellites for the military that will join the current constellation of satellites already in orbit. They will help provide positioning, navigation and timing services for more than four billion users worldwide. SV05 will replace an aging predecessor that was launched two decades ago.

Launch Site
CCSFS
Vehicle
Falcon 9

NROL-82
Launch Date
April 26, 2021

NROL-82 will strengthen NRO’s ability to provide a wide-range of timely intelligence information to national decision-makers, warfighters, and intelligence analysts to protect the nation’s vital interests and support humanitarian efforts worldwide.

Launch Site
VAFB
Vehicle
Delta IV Heavy

GPS III SV04
Launch Date
November 5, 2020

GPS III SV04 is the fourth in a series of 10 upgraded GPS III satellites for the military that will join the current constellation of satellites already in orbit. They will help provide positioning, navigation and timing services for more than four billion users worldwide. GPS III-SV04 will replace an aging predecessor that was launched 20 years ago.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Falcon 9

SkySat-19, 20, 21
Launch Date
August 18, 2020

SkySat-19, 20, 21 are the final three spacecraft that will complete the SkySat imaging constellation, bringing the fleet total to twenty-one. The constellation will be able to image anywhere in the world seven times per day (up to twelve times per day in some locations).

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Falcon 9

GPS III SV03
Launch Date
June 30, 2020

GPS III SV03 is the third United States Space Force (USSF) mission launch and the second National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission to be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. SV03 will add another military code (M-Code) capable satellite to the constellation as the USSF team continues to modernize the GPS fleet. M-Code will provide more accurate military signals with improved anti-jamming capabilities for the warfighter.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Falcon 9

SkySat-16, 17, 18
Launch Date
June 13, 2020

SkySat-16, 17, 18 are Earth-imaging spacecraft for Planet. They were successfully launched with fifty-eight SpaceX Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket, utilizing the company’s small satellite rideshare service. The final SkySat spacecraft are scheduled to launch on another Starlink rideshare mission in 2020.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Falcon 9

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