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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency owned 43 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

United StatesWashington DCGCAT code DARPA2

Payloads owned, by decade

11011129

1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s

Communications22

Technology15

Astronomy1

DARPA Light14ORCA5BJ Aces4MITEX3DARPA RE3STP22DARPA Tech2Satlet2DARPA Pico1MEPSI1MIT Cube1

16 shown

Spacecraft	Launched	Owner	Country	Mission type	Status
GLOMR1985-104B	Oct 30, 1985	DARPA	United States	Communications	Reentered (orbital decay)
USA 551990-028B	Apr 5, 1990	DARPA	United States	Communications	In orbit
NEXTSat2007-006C	Mar 9, 2007	DARPA	United States	Technology	Reentered (orbital decay)
ASTRO2007-006A	Mar 9, 2007	DARPA	United States	Technology	Docked with another object
DeMi1998-067RP	Feb 15, 2020	DARPA	United States	Technology	Reentered (orbital decay)
Microsat 11991-051A	Jul 17, 1991	DARPA	United States	Communications	Reentered (orbital decay)
Microsat 21991-051B	Jul 17, 1991	DARPA	United States	Communications	Reentered (orbital decay)
Microsat 31991-051C	Jul 17, 1991	DARPA	United States	Communications	Reentered (orbital decay)
Microsat 41991-051D	Jul 17, 1991	DARPA	United States	Communications	Reentered (orbital decay)
Microsat 51991-051E	Jul 17, 1991	DARPA	United States	Communications	Reentered (orbital decay)
Microsat 61991-051F	Jul 17, 1991	DARPA	United States	Communications	Reentered (orbital decay)
Microsat 71991-051G	Jul 17, 1991	DARPA	United States	Communications	Reentered (orbital decay)
Aces-32023-084U	Jun 12, 2023	DARPA	United States	Communications	In orbit
Aces-42023-084W	Jun 12, 2023	DARPA	United States	Communications	Reentered (orbital decay)
Aces-22023-084Z	Jun 12, 2023	DARPA	United States	Communications	In orbit
Aces-12023-084AA	Jun 12, 2023	DARPA	United States	Communications	In orbit

Source: GCAT organizations database, launch list and payload catalog, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).