Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
6 satellites in orbit, 3 operating.
The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 8, 2026, 4:17 PM; whether a satellite is operating is as Orbinauts writes it where it has written when the satellite’s mission ended, and otherwise as Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue believes it, licensed CC BY 4.0: GCAT
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code DARPA, of United States of America. This page gathers the satellites it flies and those of every organisation under it, each row naming the organisation that flies it. It is part of Department of Defense. See every satellite of Department of Defense.
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| Satellite | Kind | Orbit class | Launched | Operating | Flown by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKJACK ACES-1 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | ||
| BLACKJACK ACES-2 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | ||
| BLACKJACK ACES-3 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | ||
| MACSAT 2 (M 2) | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | ||
| MACSAT 1 (M 1) | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | ||
| USA 55 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended |