Army Ballistic Missile Agency

Flight record

Counts are launches filed under ABMA’s own name in The Space Devs’ Launch Library register. They are not a count of missions or payloads: a spacecraft that flew on a contracted vehicle is credited to the operator that flew it.

Who flies for them, and who they fly for

An operator owns the rocket and runs the count, and it is the operator’s name the launch schedule filters by. A customer funds the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. Plenty of organisations are both. ABMA is counted below in whichever role the current manifest actually gives it.

No scheduled flight in the current window names ABMA while being operated by somebody else.

How this is counted: a scheduled launch is treated as a customer flight when this organisation’s name or abbreviation appears in the launch name, mission name or programme and somebody else is flying it. Mission descriptions are not searched, and the window is one batch of the next launches worldwide, reaching to 2026-12-31 00:00:00Z — so both counts are a floor, not a complete manifest.

About ABMA

The Army Ballistic Missile Agency was formed to develop the U.S. Army's first large ballistic missile. The agency was established at Redstone Arsenal on 1 February 1956, and commanded by Major General John B. Medaris with Wernher von Braun as technical director.

Upcoming launches

“T-0 known to” is the register’s own precision on the launch time — a date good only to the month is shown as such rather than counted down as if it were exact. A go-probability appears only where the operator published one for that flight; Delta-V does not calculate it and it is not a forecast made here.

Common questions

How many launches has Army Ballistic Missile Agency flown?

Army Ballistic Missile Agency has 12 launches on record under its own name, of which 5 succeeded and 7 failed. The register counts launches flown under an operator's own name, not missions or payloads it contributed to.

What is Army Ballistic Missile Agency's success rate?

Army Ballistic Missile Agency has a lifetime launch success rate of 41.7%, calculated as 5 successful flights out of 12 attempts.

When is Army Ballistic Missile Agency's next launch?

Army Ballistic Missile Agency is not flying anything inside Delta-V's current manifest window, which reaches to 2026-12-31 00:00:00Z.

Does Army Ballistic Missile Agency fly its own rockets, or buy launches from another operator?

Army Ballistic Missile Agency has 12 launches flown under its own name in the launch register. It is not the operator on any flight in the current manifest window. An operator owns the rocket and runs the count; a customer funds the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. The operator filter on the launch schedule lists only the former, which is why a well-known agency can be central to a flight and still not appear on it.

Where is Army Ballistic Missile Agency based?

Army Ballistic Missile Agency is based in United States of America and the register classifies it as a government operator.