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USAF SMC/DoD Space Test Program

USAF SMC/DoD Space Test Program owned 72 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

United StatesKirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New MexicoGCAT code STP

Payloads owned, by decade

119826828
1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s

Payloads by mission type

Technology16
Space science13
Astronomy3
Navigation1
Calibration1

Main programs

STP112ANDE4STPSAT4Aerocube4NNS P3OV1 A2OV1 P2DARPA Tech1STP21Astra Rocket1

Best-known spacecraft

29 shown
SpacecraftLaunchedOwnerCountryMission typeStatus
P78-11979-017AFeb 24, 1979USAF STPUnited StatesAstronomyCollided
Array of Low-Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors1993-026AApr 25, 1993USAF STPUnited StatesAstronomyIn orbit
FORTE1997-047AAug 29, 1997USAF STPUnited StatesSpace scienceIn orbit
APEX1994-046AAug 3, 1994USAF STPUnited StatesTechnologyReentered (orbital decay)
ASTEX1971-089AOct 17, 1971USAF STPUnited StatesSpace scienceIn orbit, attached to another object
STP P78-21979-007AJan 30, 1979USAF STPUnited StatesSpace scienceIn orbit
HILAT1983-063AJun 27, 1983USAF STPUnited StatesSpace scienceIn orbit
Polar BEAR1986-088ANov 14, 1986USAF STPUnited StatesSpace scienceIn orbit
P76-51976-047AMay 22, 1976USAF STPUnited StatesNavigationIn orbit
TSX-52000-030AJun 7, 2000USAF STPUnited StatesTechnologyIn orbit
Musket Ball1971-067DAug 7, 1971USAF STPUnited StatesSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
STEP M21994-029AMay 19, 1994USAF STPUnited StatesTechnologyIn orbit
STEP M41997-063AOct 22, 1997USAF STPUnited StatesSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Streak2005-037ASep 23, 2005USAF STPUnited StatesTechnologyReentered (orbital decay)
ANDE-MAA2006-055FDec 10, 2006USAF STPUnited StatesSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
ANDE-FCal2006-055JDec 10, 2006USAF STPUnited StatesCalibrationReentered (orbital decay)
1971-054A1971-054AJun 8, 1971USAF STPUnited StatesAstronomyReentered attached to another object
OV1-201971-067AAug 7, 1971USAF STPUnited StatesSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
S3-31976-065BJul 8, 1976USAF STPUnited StatesSpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
REX II1996-014AMar 9, 1996USAF STPUnited StatesSpace scienceIn orbit
ANDE-Pollux2009-038EJul 15, 2009USAF STPUnited StatesTechnologyReentered (orbital decay)
ANDE-Castor2009-038FJul 15, 2009USAF STPUnited StatesTechnologyReentered (orbital decay)
STPSat-52018-099EDec 3, 2018USAF STPUnited StatesTechnologyIn orbit
STPSat-41998-067QYNov 2, 2019USAF STPUnited StatesTechnologyTransferred to another vehicle
STPSat-62021-118ADec 7, 2021USAF STPUnited StatesTechnologyIn orbit
DiskSat C2025-305ADec 18, 2025USAF STPUnited StatesTechnologyIn orbit
DiskSat B2025-305BDec 18, 2025USAF STPUnited StatesTechnologyIn orbit
DiskSat D2025-305CDec 18, 2025USAF STPUnited StatesTechnologyIn orbit
DiskSat A2025-305DDec 18, 2025USAF STPUnited StatesTechnologyIn orbit

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