OrganisationAFRLCountry: USA

AFRL/RV

Objects owned: 31
Payloads built: 5
Launches conducted: 0
Launches from this site: 0

Name in its own language: US Air Force Research Laboratories/RV (Space Vehicles Directorate)
Location: Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Part of: US Air Force
Sector: Military or intelligence
Years active: Active 1997-10 to 2026-07

Objects owned

Payload27 in total, 16 still in orbit
Debris4 in total, 3 still in orbit

Programs

Includes

AFRL-VS/Hanscom

Most recent payloads

Name	NORAD	Launch date	Organisation
USA 584	67761	2026-02-12	Owner
USA 396	60322	2024-07-30	Owner
LDPE-3A	55264	2023-01-15	Owner
LDPE-2	54219	2022-11-01	Owner
RECURVE	52944	2022-07-02	Owner and builder
USA 333	52941	2022-07-01	Owner
USA 337	53521	2022-07-01	Owner
LDPE-1	49818	2021-12-07	Owner
ASCENT	51287	2021-12-07	Owner
MONOLITH	49052	2021-07-29	Builder
TDO-2	45464	2020-03-26	Owner
VPM	45120	2019-12-05	Owner and builder
DSX	44344	2019-06-25	Owner
SPARC-1	44226	2019-05-05	Builder
S5	44065	2019-02-22	Owner
USA 284	43340	2018-04-14	Owner
USA 285	43445	2018-04-14	Owner
USA 286	43446	2018-04-14	Owner
USA 287	43465	2018-04-14	Owner
SHARC	42712	2017-04-18	Owner and builder
CELTEE 1	41850	2016-11-11	Owner
USA 255	40101	2014-07-28	Owner
PSSC-2	37752	2011-07-08	Owner
TACSAT 3	35001	2009-05-19	Owner
PSSC	33445	2008-11-15	Owner
C/NOFS	32765	2008-04-16	Owner
TACSAT 2	29653	2006-12-16	Owner
XSS-11 (USA 165)	28636	2005-04-11	Owner
MIGHTYSAT 1	25551	1998-12-04	Owner

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Roles are counted from the catalogue itself, not from GCAT type labels, which GCAT describes as patchy. About this source