The Next Air Force In Space 1950s1960s1970s1980s1990 2000s COMPLETE SET DERECT DsCS III VHILSTAR 2004 ADVANCED VILSAICOM WARNING IR WARNING WEATHER SPUTN NAV mⅢ LAUNCH Lae NCER AT AS T ATLAS IAS EELV.MLV EELV.HLV Air Force Air Force budget for space missiles is about 9 billion Air Force is executive agent for many space systemsThe Next Air Force In Space 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000S COMM WARNING WEATHER NAV LAUNCH LES 5 IST DOD UHF 1967 TACSAT 1969 DSCS II 1971 DSCS COMPLETE SET 1978 DSCS III 1982 MILSTAR TACTICAL REDIRECT 1990 MILSTAR 1994 4 MILSTARs 2000 MIDAS IR WARNING 1961 IMEWS DSP GEN 1 1970 DSP GEN 2 1976 DSP GEN 3 1989 TIROS NASA/DOD 1960 TOS 1966 ITOS/NOAA TIROS + 1970 TIROS N/NOAA 1978 DMSP INITIAL 1982 POES NOAA 10- 1986 TRANSIT 1964 TRANSIT CIVIL USE 1967 GPS PROGRAM 1973 GPS II 1989 GPS IIA 1990 GPS IIR 1996 DELTA FROM THOR 1959 SCOUT 1960 ATLAS CENTAUR 1963 TITAN II ICBM 1963 SPACE SHUTTLE 1981 TITAN LAUNCHER 1986 DOD OFF SHUTTLE 1987-88 ATLAS II 1988 DELTA 1989 ATLAS IIAS 1993 SPUTNIK 1957 GBS 2004 ADVANCED MILSATCOM 2006 SBIRS GEO 2002 SBIRS LEO 2004 NPOES 2007 GPS IIF 2001 EELV-MLV 2002 EELV-HLV 2004 IDCSP 1966 2000s Air Force Air Force budget for space & missiles is about 9 billion. Air Force is executive agent for many space systems