The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) played a key role in early
US space programs. This included the launch of clusters of small military satellites; although
much of the previously secret work under program POPPY and related projects
is now declassified, parts are not. In particular, the mapping of specific
satellites to US satellite catalog numbers remains confused.
I first attempted to publicly sort this out in my JBIS paper in 1997. A lot of information has been declassified since then, so it's time to take another pass at it.
Some NRL satellites (Naval Research Reviews, 1965)
A key dataset is a list of NRL satellites released by the Naval Center for Space Technology in 1995. Here I attempt to map the names in that list to other naming systems:
- NCST Name is the name from the list.
- Name is my guess at the internal NRL name of the payload.
- NRL Name is the designation used in the NRL payload numbering system "PL nnn", where available.
- NRO Name is the NRO mission number.
- `Cover Name' is the name used in other open sources.
- Satcat Name is the name used in the public US Space-Track.org catalog.
- RAE Name is the name used in the RAE Table of Earth Satellites.
- JCAT is the catalog number in my General Catalog (S numbers correspond to the US Satcat).
- COSPAR is the generalized international designation.
- Type is the bus type of the satellite.
- Launch gives a link to pages on the invididual launches, with a list of NRL and non-NRL objects from each launch.
The early launches carried an APL Transit primary payload as well as NRL small satellites as secondary
payload. The first launch with a cluster of satellites and no primary payload, in Jan 1962, was referred
to as COMPOSITE 1. Although this nomenclature was not used for later launches by official sources, I adopt it
for the later clusters. My 'NRL Composite' flights 2 to 8 were probably referred to as POPPY launches 1 to 7 by NRL,
even though the payloads included more than just POPPY satellites.
Different NRO declassified documents give different numbers for POPPY.
The SIGINT Story has 9 POPPY missions, including the Jan and Apr 1962 launch failures; the History of the
Poppy Satellite System has 7, and designates the Jan and Apr 1962 flights as GRAB missions. I'm not sure
which is right, but I've gone with the latter for now.
The Surcal 150B payload does not appear in the NCST list, but is included here nevertheless.
After 1977, manufacture of the PARCAE satellites was outsourced to Martin Marietta and these satellites do not appear on the NCST list.
They are included here since it is believed that NRL (as part of NRO Program C) managed the missions.
For notes on the cross-correlation of payloads and satellite catalog numbers, see the individual launch pages.
The situation for NRL satellites launched outside the period covered by the NCST list, i.e. in 1957-1959 and 1997-present, is simpler, without
the proliferation of alternate names and uncertain identifications. They are tabulated in supplementary lists: [1997-present]
Table 1: NRL Satellites 1957-1959
| NRL Group ID | NRL Mission Name | Satcat Name | JCAT | COSPAR | Type | Launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test F | Test Satellite F | F00002 | 1957-F01 | NRL 6" | Vanguard TV3 | |
| Test G | Test Satellite G | F00004 | 1958-F01 | NRL 6" | Vanguard TV3BU | |
| Test H | Test Satellite H | Vanguard I | S00005 | 1958 Beta 2 | NRL 6" | Vanguard TV4 |
| Group I FU2 | X-ray/Environmental Satellite | F00011 | 1958-F04 | NRL 20" | Vanguard TV5 | |
| Group I FU3 | Lyman Alpha Satellite | F00013 | 1958-F05 | NRL 20" | Vanguard SLV1 | |
| Group I FU1 | X-ray Satellite | F00015 | 1958-F06 | NRL 20" | Vanguard SLV2 | |
| Group II FU2 | Cloud Cover Satellite | F00042 | 1958-U01 | NRL 20" | Vanguard SLV3 | |
| Group II FU1 | Cloud Cover Satellite | Vanguard II | S00011 | 1959 Alpha 1 | NRL 20" | Vanguard SLV4 |
| Group III FU1 | Magnetometer Satellite | F00056 | 1959-F01 | NRL 14" | Vanguard SLV5 | |
| Group IV | Radiation Balance Satellite | F00066 | 1959-F03 | NRL 20" | Vanguard SLV6 | |
| Group V | Magne-Ray Satellite | Vanguard III | S00020 | 1959 Eta | NRL 20" | Vanguard SLV7 |
Table 2: NRL Satellites 1960 - 1996
| NCST No. | NSCT Name | NRL Mission Name | NRL PL Name | NRO Name | Cover name | Satcat Name | RAE Name | JCAT | COSPAR | Type | Launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SR I | Dyno SV2 | GRAB 1 | SR I | SOLRAD 1 (GREB) | SR 1 | S00046 | 1960 Eta 2 | NRL 20" | AB003 | |
| 2 | SR II | Dyno SV1 | GRAB | SR I | F00133 | 1960-F16 | NRL 20" | AB006 | |||
| 3 | LOFTI I | LOFTI | - | LOFTI I | LOFTI 1 | Lofti 1 | A00085 | 1961 Eta | NRL 20" | AB007 | |
| 4 | SR III | Dyno SV3 | GRAB 2 | SR III | SOLRAD 3 | A00100 | 1961 Omi | NRL 20" | AB008 | ||
| 5 | SR IVA | Dyno SV4 | GRAB | SR IVA | F00192 | 1962-F02 | NRL 20" | AB010/NRL Composite 1 | |||
| 6 | LOFTI IIA | LOFTI IIA | - | LOFTI IIA | F00193 | 1962-F02 | NRL 20" | ||||
| 7 | SURCAL I | SURCAL I | - | SURCAL I | F00196 | 1962-F02 | NRL 20" | ||||
| 8 | SR IVB | Dyno SV5 | GRAB | SR IVB | F00198 | 1962-F03 | NRL 20" | S111 | |||
| 9 | SR V | Dyno SV6 | GRAB | SR V | Not launched | NRL 20" | Not launched | ||||
| 10 | PL 120 | POPPY 1A | PL 120 | Mission 7101A | BLACK SPHERE | S00502 | 1962 BetaTau 1 | NRL Str 20" | NRL Composite 2 | ||
| 11 | PL 121 | POPPY 1B | PL 121 | Mission 7101B | CALSPHERE 1A | S00513 | 1962 BetaTau 5 | NRL Str 20" | |||
| 12 | SURCAL II | SURCAL II | - | SURCAL II | SURCAL 1A | Surcal 1A | S00508 | 1962 BetaTau 4 | SUR Box | ||
| 13 | CALSPHERE I | CALSPHERE I | - | CALSPHERE 1A | SURCAL 1 | S00507 | 1962 BetaTau 3 | NRL 6" | |||
| 14 | SR VI | POPPY 2A | PL 110? | Mission 7102A | SR VI | SOLRAD 6 | SR 6A | S00599 | 1963-021C | NRL 24" | NRL Composite 3 |
| 15 | LOFTI IIB | LOFTI IIB | - | Lofti IIB | LOFTI 2A | Lofti 2A | S00601 | 1963-021B | NRL 20" | ||
| 16 | PL 112 | POPPY 2C | PL 112 | Mission 7102C | FTV 1292 | S00598 | 1963-021E | NRL Str 20" | |||
| 17 | Dosimeter | POPPY 2B | PL 130? | Mission 7102B | Dosimeter | Radose 112 | Radose | S00600 | 1963-021D | NRL 24" | |
| 18 | SURCAL III | SURCAL III | - | SURCAL III | SURCAL 1B | Surcal 1B | S00597 | 1963-021F | SUR Box | ||
| 19 | SR VIIA | POPPY 3B | PL 124 | Mission 7103B | SR VIIA | Solrad 7A | SR 7A | S00730 | 1964-001D | NRL 24" | NRL Composite 4 |
| 20 | GGSE I | POPPY 3C | PL 134 | Mission 7103C | GGSE I | GGSE 1 | GGSE 1 | S00728 | 1964-001B | NRL Str 20" | |
| 21 | PL 135 | POPPY 3A | PL 135 | Mission 7103A | - | - | - | S00731 | 1964-001E | NRL Str 20" | |
| 22 | DRAGSPHERE I | DRAGSPHERE I | - | Dragsphere I | Calsphere 1 | Calsphere 1 | S00900 | 1964-063C | 14" sphere | AB016 | |
| 23 | DRAGSPHERE II | DRAGSPHERE II | - | Dragsphere II | Calsphere 2 | Calsphere 2 | S00902 | 1964-063E | 14" sphere | ||
| 24 | SR VIIB | POPPY 4A | PL 141 | Mission 7104A | SR VIIB | SOLRAD 7B | SR 7B | S01291 | 1965-016D | NRL 24" | NRL Composite 5 |
| 25 | PL 142 | POPPY 4B | PL 142 | Mission 7104B | - | GREB 6 | SR 6B | S01271 | 1965-016A | NRL 24" | |
| 26 | GGSE II | POPPY 4C | PL 143 | Mission 7104C | GGSE 2 | GGSE 2 | GGSE 2 | S01244 | 1965-016B | NRL 24" | |
| 27 | GGSE III | POPPY 4D | PL 144 | Mission 7104D | GGSE 3 | GGSE 3 | GGSE 3 | S01292 | 1965-016C | NRL 24" | |
| 28 | SURCAL IV | SURCAL IV | - | Surcal | SURCAL 2 | Surcal 2 | S01310 | 1965-016G | SUR Box | ||
| 29 | DODECAPOLE I | DODECAPOLE I | - | Dodecapole I | PORCUPINE 1 | Dodecapole 1 | S01272 | 1965-016H | NRL 9" | ||
| 30 | TEMPSAT 1 | TEMPSAT 1 | - | Tempsat 1 | TEMPSAT 1 | Tempsat 1 | S01512 | 1965-065E | NRL 14" | AB020 | |
| 31 | LONG ROD | LONG ROD | - | Long Rod | NAVSPASUR ROD 1 | Surcal | S01515 | 1965-065G | 60-m antenna | ||
| 32 | SURCAL V | SURCAL V | PL 150C? | - | SURCAL V | PORCUPINE 2 | Surcal | S01577 | 1965-065J | SUR Box | |
| 33 | CALSPHERE II | CALSPHERE II | PL 158? | - | CALSPHERE | CALSPHERE 4(A) | Surcal | S01520 | 1965-065H | NRL 6"? | |
| 34 | DODECAPOLE II | DODECAPOLE II | - | DODECAPOLE II | DODECAPOLE 2 | Dodecapole 2 | S01510 | 1965-065C | NRL 9"? | ||
| 35 | Explorer 30 | SR VIII | PL 145 | - | SR VIII | Explorer 30 | Explorer 30 (IQSY) | S01738 | 1965-093A | NRL 24" | S138R |
| 36 | PL 137 | PL 137 | PL 137 | - | OPS 0974 | OPS 0974 | [Atlas Agena D] | A00909 | 1966-022B | Unknown | G26 |
| 37 | PL 151 | POPPY 5A | PL 151 | Mission 7105A | OPS 5712 (P/L 152) | [Thor Agena D] | S02873 | 1967-053G | NRL 24" | NRL Composite 6 | |
| 38 | GGSE IV | POPPY 5B | PL 152? | Mission 7105B | GGSE IV | GGSE 4 | GGSE 4 | S02828 | 1967-053C | NRL Multiface | |
| 39 | PL 153 | POPPY 5C | PL 153 | Mission 7105C | OPS 5712 (P/L 153) | [Thor Agena D] | S02874 | 1967-053H | NRL Multiface | ||
| 40 | GGSE V | POPPY 5D | PL 154? | Mission 7105D | GGSE V | GGSE 5 | GGSE 5 | S02834 | 1967-053D | NRL Multiface | |
| 41 | TIMATION I | TIMATION I | - | Timation I | TIMATION 1 | Timation 1 | S02847 | 1967-053E | Timation box | ||
| 42 | CALSPHERE III | CALSPHERE III | PL 159 | - | Calsphere | SURCAL 159 | [Thor Agena D] | S02872 | 1967-053F | 20" sphere | |
| 43 | CALSPHERE IV | CALSPHERE IV | PL160 | - | Calsphere | OPS 5712 (P/L 160) | Surcal | S02826 | 1967-053A | 16" sphere | |
| - | SURCAL VI? | PL150B | - | SURCAL 150B | Surcal (150B) | S02909 | 1967-053J | SUR box | |||
| 44 | Explorer 37 | SR IX | PL 155 | - | SR IX | Explorer 37 | Explorer 37 (SE-B) | S03141 | 1968-017A | Solar Exp. | S160C |
| 45 | ORBIS CAL I | ORBIS CAL I | - | Orbiscal 1 | - | - | F00584 | 1968-F07 | OC Box | STP P68-1 | |
| 46 | ORBIS CAL II | ORBIS CAL II | - | Orbiscal 2 | OV1-17A (ORBISCAL 2) | OV1-17A (Orbiscal 2) | S03826 | 1969-025D | OC Box | STP P69-1 | |
| 47 | PL 161 | POPPY 6A | PL 161 | Mission 7106A | OPS 7613 (P/L 3) | [Thorad Agena D] | S04259 | 1969-082D | NRL Multiface | NRL Composite 7 | |
| 48 | PL 162 | POPPY 6B | PL 162 | Mission 7106B | OPS 7613 (P/L 4) | [Thorad Agena D] | S04237 | 1969-082E | NRL Multiface | ||
| 49 | PL 163 | POPPY 6C | PL 163 | Mission 7106C | OPS 7613 (P/L 5) | [Thorad Agena D] | S04247 | 1969-082F | NRL Multiface | ||
| 50 | PL 164 | POPPY 6D | PL 164 | Mission 7106D | OPS 7613 (P/L 6) | [Thorad Agena D] | S04295 | 1969-082G | NRL Multiface | ||
| 51 | TIMATION II | TIMATION II | PL 169 | - | Timation 2 | Timation 2 | Timation 2 | S04257 | 1969-082C | Timation box | |
| 52 | PL 176 | PL 176 | PL 176 | ? | OPS 7613 (P/L 1) | [Thorad Agena D] | S04256 | 1969-082B | Unknown | ||
| 53 | TEMPSAT 2 | Tempsat 2 | PL 157C | - | Tempsat 2 | Tempsat 2 | Tempsat 2 | S04168 | 1969-082H | NRL 14" | |
| 54 | CONE | SOICAL Cone | PL 149B | - | SOICAL (Cone) | Soical Cone | S04132 | 1969-082K | Cone | ||
| 55 | CYLINDER | SOICAL Cylinder | PL 149A | - | SOICAL (Cylinder) | Soical Cylinder | S04166 | 1969-082J | Cylinder | ||
| 56 | PL 170A | PL 170A | PL 170A | - | S70-3 Drag Sphere | CALSPHERE 3 | Calsphere 3 | S04957 | 1971-012C | 10" Sphere | STP S70-3 |
| 57 | PL 170B | PL 170B | PL 170B | - | S70-3 Drag Sphere | CALSPHERE 4 | Calsphere 4 | S04958 | 1971-012D | 10" Sphere | |
| 58 | PL 170C | PL 170C | PL 170C | - | S70-3 Drag Sphere | CALSPHERE 5 | Calsphere 5 | S04963 | 1971-012E | 10" Sphere | |
| 59 | Explorer 44 | SR X | PL 165 | - | SR X | Explorer 44 (Solrad 10) | Explorer 44 (SR10) | S05317 | 1971-058A | Solar Exp. | S177C |
| 60 | PL 171 | POPPY 7A | PL 171 | Mission 7107A | OPS 7898 (P/L 1) | [Thorad Agena D] | S05678 | 1971-110A | NRL Multiface | NRL Composite 8 | |
| 61 | PL 172 | POPPY 7B | PL 172 | Mission 7107B | OPS 7898 (P/L 2) | [Thorad Agena D] | S05680 | 1971-110C | NRL Multiface | ||
| 62 | PL 173 | POPPY 7C | PL 173 | Mission 7107C | OPS 7898 (P/L 3) | [Thorad Agena D] | S05681 | 1971-110D | NRL Multiface | ||
| 63 | PL 174 | POPPY 7D | PL 174 | Mission 7107D | OPS 7898 (P/L 4) | [Thorad Agena D] | S05682 | 1971-110E | NRL Multiface | ||
| 64 | TIMATION III | TIMATION III | - | NTS 1 | OPS 7518 (NTS 1) | NTS 1 (Timation 3) | S07369 | 1974-054A | NTS | STP P73-3 | |
| 65 | SR 11A | SR 11A | PL 175 | - | Solrad 11A | Solrad 11A | Solrad 11A | S08748 | 1976-023A | SR11 | STP P74-1 |
| 66 | SR 11B | SR 11B | PL 177 | - | Solrad 11B | Solrad 11B | Solrad 11B | S08749 | 1976-023B | SR11 | |
| 67 | MSD | MSD | - | OPS 6431 | OPS 6431 | NOSS 1 | S08818 | 1976-038A | MSD | NOSS 1 | |
| 68 | PL 181 | PARCAE 1A | PL 181 | Mission 7108A? | SSU 1 | SSU 1 | SSU 1 | S08835 | 1976-038C | SSU | |
| 69 | PL 182 | PARCAE 1B | PL 182 | Mission 7108B? | SSU 2 | SSU 2 | SSU 2 | S08884 | 1976-038J | SSU | |
| 70 | PL 183 | PARCAE 1C | PL 183 | Mission 7108C? | SSU 3 | SSU 3 | SSU 3 | S08836 | 1976-038D | SSU | |
| 71 | NTS 2 | NTS 2 | - | NTS 2 | NTS 2 | NTS 2 | S10091 | 1977-053A | NTS | STP P76-4 | |
| 72 | MSD | MSD | - | OPS 8781 | OPS 8781 | NOSS 2 | S10502 | 1977-112A | MSD | NOSS 2 | |
| 73 | PL 191 | PARCAE 2A | PL 191 | Mission 7109A? | SS 1 | SS 1 | SSU 4 | S10529 | 1977-112D | SSU | |
| 74 | PL 192 | PARCAE 2B | PL 192 | Mission 7109B? | SS 2 | SS 2 | SSU 5 | S10544 | 1977-112E | SSU | |
| 75 | PL 193 | PARCAE 2C | PL 193 | Mission 7109C? | SS 3 | SS 3 | SSU 6 | S10594 | 1977-112F | SSU | |
| MSD | OPS 7245 | OPS 7245 | NOSS 3 | S11720 | 1980-019A | MSD | NOSS 3 | ||||
| PARCAE 3A | Mission 7110A? | EP 1 | EP 1 | SSU | S11731 | 1980-019C | SSU | ||||
| PARCAE 3B | Mission 7110B? | EP 2 | EP 2 | SSU | S11732 | 1980-019D | SSU | ||||
| PARCAE 3C | Mission 7110C? | EP 3 | EP 3 | SSU | S11745 | 1980-019G | SSU | ||||
| MSD | OPS 3255 | OPS 3255 | F00858 | 1980-U01 | MSD | NOSS 4 | |||||
| PARCAE 4A | Mission 7111A? | F00859 | 1980-U01 | SSU | |||||||
| PARCAE 4B | Mission 7111B? | F00860 | 1980-U01 | SSU | |||||||
| PARCAE 4C | Mission 7111C? | F00861 | 1980-U01 | SSU | |||||||
| 76 | LIPS I | LIPS I | - | F00862 | 1980-U01 | LIPS | |||||
| MSD | OPS 0252 | OPS 0252 | NOSS 4 | S13791 | 1983-008A | MSD | NOSS 5 | ||||
| PARCAE 5A | Mission 7112A? | SSA | SSA | SSA | S13844 | 1983-008E | SSU | ||||
| PARCAE 5B | Mission 7112B? | SSB | SSB | SSB | S13845 | 1983-008F | SSU | ||||
| PARCAE 5C | Mission 7112C? | SSC | SSC | SSC | S13874 | 1983-008H | SSU | ||||
| 77 | LIPS II | LIPS II | - | SSD | SSD | SSD | S13792 | 1983-008B | LIPS | ||
| MSD | OPS 6432 | OPS 6432 | NOSS 5 | S14112 | 1983-056A | MSD | NOSS 6 | ||||
| PARCAE 6A | Mission 7113A? | GB 1 | GB 1 | GB1 | S14143 | 1983-056C | SSU | ||||
| PARCAE 6B | Mission 7113B? | GB 2 | GB 2 | GB2 | S14144 | 1983-056D | SSU | ||||
| PARCAE 6C | Mission 7113C? | GB 3 | GB 3 | GB3 | S14180 | 1983-056G | SSU | ||||
| MSD | OPS 8737 | OPS 8737 | NOSS 6 | S14690 | 1984-012A | MSD | NOSS 7 | ||||
| PARCAE 7A | Mission 7114A? | JD 1 | JD 1 | JD 1 | S14728 | 1984-012C | SSU | ||||
| PARCAE 7B | Mission 7114B? | JD 2 | JD 2 | JD 2 | S14729 | 1984-012D | SSU | ||||
| PARCAE 7C | Mission 7114C? | JD 3 | JD 3 | JD 3 | S14795 | 1984-012F | SSU | ||||
| MSD | USA 15 | USA 15 | NOSS 7 (USA 15) | S16591 | 1986-014A | MSD | NOSS 8 | ||||
| PARCAE 8A | Mission 7115A? | USA 16 | USA 16 | USA 16 | S16624 | 1986-014E | SSU | ||||
| PARCAE 8B | Mission 7115B? | USA 17 | USA 17 | USA 17 | S16625 | 1986-014F | SSU | ||||
| PARCAE 8C | Mission 7115C? | USA 18 | USA 18 | USA 18 | S16631 | 1986-014H | SSU | ||||
| MSD | USA 22 | USA 22 | NOSS 8 (USA 22) | S17997 | 1987-043A | MSD | NOSS 9 | ||||
| PARCAE 9A | Mission 7116A? | USA 23 | USA 23 | USA 23 | S18009 | 1987-043E | SSU | ||||
| PARCAE 9B | Mission 7116B? | USA 24 | USA 24 | USA 24 | S18010 | 1987-043F | SSU | ||||
| PARCAE 9C | Mission 7116C? | USA 25 | USA 25 | USA 25 | S18025 | 1987-043H | SSU | ||||
| 78 | LIPS III | LIPS III | - | LIPS 3 | LIPS 3 | [NOSS 8 rocket] | S17998 | 1987-043B | Plume shield | ||
| 79 | LACE | LACE | - | LACE | LACE (USA 51) | LACE | S20496 | 1990-015A | LACE | Delta 192 | |
| 80 | TLD | TLD | - | USA 59 | USA 59 | USA 59 | A04850 | 1990-050A | TLD | Titan 4A K-4 | |
| PARCAE 10A? | Mission 7117A? | USA 60 | USA 60 | USA 60 | S20682 | 1990-050B | SSU | ||||
| PARCAE 10B? | Mission 7117B? | USA 61 | USA 61 | USA 61 | S20691 | 1990-050C | SSU | ||||
| PARCAE 10C? | Mission 7117C? | USA 62 | USA 62 | USA 62 | S20692 | 1990-050D | SSU | ||||
| TLD | - | USA 72 | USA 72 | USA 72 | A05059 | 1990-050A | TLD | Titan 4A K-8 | |||
| PARCAE 11A? | Mission 7118A? | USA 74 | USA 74 | USA 74 | S21799 | 1990-050C | SSU | ||||
| PARCAE 11B? | Mission 7118B? | USA 76 | USA 76 | USA 76 | S21808 | 1990-050D | SSU | ||||
| PARCAE 11C? | Mission 7118C? | USA 77 | USA 77 | USA 77 | S21809 | 1990-050E | SSU | ||||
| TLD | - | USA 72 | USA 72 | USA 72 | F01157 | 1993-F03 | TLD | Titan 4A K-11 | |||
| PARCAE 12A? | Mission 7119A? | F01154 | 1993-F03 | SSU | |||||||
| PARCAE 12B? | Mission 7119B? | F01155 | 1993-F03 | SSU | |||||||
| PARCAE 12C? | Mission 7119C? | F01156 | 1993-F03 | SSU | |||||||
| 81 | Clementine | DSPSE | - | Clementine | Clementine 1 | S22973 | 1994-004A | DSPSE | Titan 23G-11 | ||
| 82 | Interstage | ISA | - | ISA | Star 37FM AKM | S22987 | 1994-004C | ISA | |||
| SPARTAN-204 | - | Spartan 204 | Spartan 204 | S23470 | 1995-004B | Spartan | STS-63 | ||||
| TLD | - | USA 122 | USA 122 | A05785 | 1996-029D | TLD | Titan 4A K-22 | ||||
| PARCAE 13A? | Mission 7120A? | USA 119 | USA 119 | S23893 | 1996-029A | SSU | |||||
| PARCAE 13B? | Mission 7120B? | USA 120 | USA 120 | S23907 | 1996-029B | SSU | |||||
| PARCAE 13C? | Mission 7120C? | USA 121 | USA 121 | S23908 | 1996-029C | SSU | |||||
| TIPS Ralph | USA 123 | USA 123 | S23936 | 1996-029E | SSU | ||||||
| TIPS Norton | USA 124 | USA 124 | S23937 | 1996-029F | SSU | ||||||
Table 3: NRL Satellites 1996-2019
| NRL Mission Name | Satcat Name | JCAT | COSPAR | Type | Launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEX | STEX | S25489 | 1998-055A | Taurus 3 | |
| ATEX | ATEX | S25615 | 1998-055C | Tether | |
| Starshine | Starshine | S25769 | 1999-030B | STS-96 | |
| Starshine 3 | Starshine 3 | S26929 | 2001-043A | LM-001 | |
| Starshine 2 | Starshine 2 | S26996 | 2001-054B | STS-108 | |
| NRL POTV | USA 189 | S29242 | 2006-024C | Delta 316 | |
| ANDE-MAA | ANDE MAA SPHERE 1 | S29663 | 2006-055F | STS-116 | |
| ANDE-FCAL | ANDE FCAL SPHERE 2 | S29667 | 2006-055J | ||
| ANDE-PS | ANDE POLLUX SPHERE | S35693 | 2009-038E | STS-127 | |
| ANDE-AS | ANDE CASTOR SPHERE | S35694 | 2009-038F | ||
| QbX-1 | QbX-1 | S37249 | 2010-066F | Cubesat | SpX-C1 |
| QbX-2 | QbX-2 | S37245 | 2010-066B | Cubesat | |
| Tacsat-4 | Tacsat-4 | S37818 | 2011-052A | Minotaur IV-5 | |
| SpinSat | SpinSat | S40314 | 1998-067FL | SpX-4/Cyclops | |
| CHEFSat | CHEFSat | S43044 | 2017-071H | Cubesat | OA-8 |
| CHEFSat 2 | CHEFSat 2 | S44044 | 2018-092E | Cubesat | NG-10 |
| TEPCE | TEPCE 1/2 | S44346 | 2019-036H | Cubesat/Tether | STP-2 |