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DEFENSE PRIME · OPERATOR PROFILE · DATA AS OF 2026-06-09

U.S. Air Force

Active Defense Prime Government HQ: Arlington, Virginia Founded 1947

U.S. Air Force — historical operator of US space launch ranges (Eastern/Western) and AFSCN ground stations until 2019 USSF spinoff. Many GCAT historical site codes still parent to USAF. AFRL remains an active space-technology demonstrator funder.

52.3
ARI Composite
Moderate Risk
#36 of 45
Peer Rank
Defense cohort
640
Total Launches
As lead operator
Estimated valuation
Not disclosed

FINANCIAL HEALTH

52.3
ARI composite · Moderate Risk
Peer rank#36 of 45
Peer groupDefense
Data coverage55%

FLEET COMPOSITION

Every vehicle this operator has flown. Linked profiles carry the full reliability + reuse + subsystem record.

Vehicle Class Launches Success rate Reuse
Thor Slv 2A Agena D 58 93.1%
Thor Agena B 39 82.1%
Titan Iiic 36 94.4%
Atlas Slv 3 Agena D 32 93.8%
Thorad Slv 2G Agena D 26 100.0%
Titan 24B 23 91.3%
Titan Iiib 22 95.5%
Titan Iiid 21 100.0%
Thor Ablestar 19 73.7%
Atlas Agena B 16 75.0%
Thor Agena A 15 60.0%
Atlas E 15 100.0%
Atlas D 14 71.4%
Titan Ii Slv 13 92.3%
Thor Agena D 13 84.6%
Atlas Agena D 13 100.0%
Thorad Slv 2H Agena D 12 91.7%
Scout B 11 81.8%
Scout A 11 100.0%
Minotaur I 11 100.0%
Atlas Slv 3A Agena D 11 90.9%
Titan 34B 10 100.0%
Thor Burner 2 10 100.0%
Titan 401A Centaur 9 88.9%
Titan 23B 9 100.0%
Atlas F 9 88.9%
Thor Slv 2 Agena D 8 75.0%
Thor Burner 2A 8 100.0%
Titan 34D Transtage 7 100.0%
Titan 34D 7 71.4%
Scout X 4 7 85.7%
Scout D 1 7 100.0%
Titan 401B Centaur 6 83.3%
Atlas F Svs 6 100.0%
Titan 403A 5 80.0%
Titan 402B Ius 5 80.0%
Atlas H 5 100.0%
Titan Iiia 4 75.0%
Thor Dsv 2U 4 100.0%
Atlas E Sgs 2 4 100.0%
Atlas Agena A 4 50.0%
Titan 404B 3 100.0%
Titan 404A 3 100.0%
Titan 402A Ius 3 100.0%
Titan 33B 3 66.7%
Thor Able I 3 0.0%
Scout X 3 3 66.7%
Scout X 2M 3 33.3%
Scout B 1 3 100.0%
Minotaur Iv 3 100.0%
Atlas F Msd 3 100.0%
Atlas Able 3 0.0%
Titan 405A 2 100.0%
Thor Able Ii 2 50.0%
Taurus 3110 2 0.0%
Taurus 2110 2 50.0%
Atlas Burner 2 2 50.0%
Arpa Taurus 2 100.0%
Titan 405B 1 100.0%
Titan 403B 1 100.0%
Titan 34D Ius 1 100.0%
Thor Slv 2A Agena B 1 100.0%
Thor Able Iv 1 100.0%
Thor Able Iii 1 100.0%
Taurus 3210 1 100.0%
Taurus 2210 1 100.0%
Taurus 1110 1 100.0%
Super Strypi 1 0.0%
Sparta 1 100.0%
Scout X 3M 1 100.0%
Scout X 2B 1 0.0%
Scout X 2 1 0.0%
Scout F 1 1 0.0%
Scout E 1 1 100.0%
Scout A 1 1 100.0%
Rs1 1 0.0%
Minotaur V 1 100.0%
Eris Block 1 1 0.0%
Conestoga 1620 1 0.0%
Blue Scout Ii 1 0.0%
Atlas F Pts 1 100.0%
Atlas F Ois 1 100.0%
Atlas F Agena D 1 100.0%
Atlas E Svs 1 0.0%
Atlas E Ois 1 100.0%
Atlas E Msd 1 0.0%
Atlas E Altair 1 100.0%
Atlas B 1 100.0%

RECENT LAUNCHES

Date Mission Vehicle Orbit Outcome
Jan 01, 2025 Instrumentation Eris Block 1 Failure Briefing →
Jan 10, 2023 Varisat-1A Rs1 Failure
Nov 04, 2015 HiakaSat Super Strypi Failure
Nov 20, 2013 STP-SIV 2 Minotaur I Success
Sep 07, 2013 LADEE Minotaur V Success
Sep 27, 2011 TacSat-4 Minotaur Iv Success
Jun 30, 2011 ORS-1 Minotaur I Success
Mar 04, 2011 Glory Taurus 3110 Failure
Feb 06, 2011 RPP Aquila Minotaur I Success
Nov 20, 2010 STP-SIV Minotaur Iv Success

SECTOR POSITION

Primary sectorDefense Prime
Rank within sector#36 of 45
Tracked peers45

REGISTRY DATA

Legal nameUnited States Air Force
OwnershipGovernment
HeadquartersArlington, Virginia
CountryUS
Founded1947
ParentU.S. Department of Defense
AliasesUSAF, usaf, U.S. Air Force, US Air Force, United States Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command
SubsidiariesAir Force Materiel Command, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
Key programsHistorical USAF space launch programs (pre-2019 USSF spinoff), Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN), Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), AFRL space technology demonstrators
Gov customersU.S. Department of Defense
IPO statusN/A — US government agency

Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Official U.S. Air Force site — confirms organisational lineage; AFSCN + DMSP roles documented at https://www.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/About-Space-Force/History/ which describes the 2019 USAF→USSF asset

METHODOLOGY

Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.

Not investment advice. For insurance underwriting, verify against primary-source filings and operator investigation reports.