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==Operators== {{Main|List of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 operators}} [[File:MiG 21 operators.png|thumb|upright=1.35|MiG-21 operators {{legend|#0070f0|Current}} {{legend|#ff2525|Former}} {{legend|#2f8100|Captured}}]] [[File:MiG-21UM 16178 Serbian Air Force.jpg|thumb|[[Serbian Air Force]] MiG-21UM.]] [[File:Croatian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UMD Lofting-1.jpg|thumb|Croatian Air Force MiG-21UMD in [[Croatian checkerboard|unique promotional paint scheme]].]] [[File:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis Fishbed L, Croatia - Air Force JP6757753.jpg|thumb|Croatian MiG-21bis 1996.]] [[File:MiG-21PFM-Egypt-1982.jpg|thumb|Egyptian MiG-21PFM in 1982]] ===Current operators=== This list does not include operators of Chinese copies / licensed manufactured versions known as the [[Chengdu J-7|Chengdu J-7/F-7]]. * '''{{flag|Angola}}''' ** [[National Air Force of Angola]] – 23 in service as of * '''{{flag|Cuba}}''' **[[Cuban Air Force|Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force]] – 11 aircraft in service as of 2023.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/reports/2023-world-air-forces-directory/151088.article|title=World Air Forces 2023|date=1 January 2023}}</ref> * '''{{flag|India}}''' ** [[Indian Air Force]] – 36 in service as of November 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-31 |title=Indian Air Force phases out another MiG-21 squadron |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indian-air-force-phases-out-another-mig-21-squadron-101698732253742.html |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> MiG-21FL version withdrawn December 2013, MiG-21PF (MiG-21FL or Type 77) withdrawn in January 2014. Upgraded MiG-21bis has already been retired by IAF. All remaining variants will be withdrawn by 2025.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2022-07-30 |title=India to ground MiG-21 fighter jets by 2025, Times of India reports |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-ground-mig-21-fighter-jets-by-2025-report-2022-07-30/ |access-date=2022-07-31}}</ref> * '''{{flag|Mali}}''' ** [[Malian Air Force]] - 9 aircraft in service as of December 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/reports/2024-world-air-forces-directory/156008.article|title=World Air Forces 2024|date=20 December 2023|access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref> * '''{{flag|Mozambique}}''' ** [[Mozambique Air Force]] – 8 aircraft, comprising 6 MiG-21bis and 2 MiG-21UM Trainers are in service as of 2023.<ref name="auto"/> * '''{{flag|North Korea}}''' ** [[Korean People's Air Force]] - 26 in service as of 2023.<ref name="auto"/> * '''{{flag|Sudan}}''' ** [[Sudanese Air Force]] - 4 in service as of 2023.<ref name="auto"/> * '''{{flag|Syria}}''' ** [[Syrian Arab Air Force]] – 50 in service as of 2024.<ref name="World Air Forces 2024">{{cite web |last = Hoyle |first = Craig |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=98881|title = World Air Forces 2024|publisher= [[FlightGlobal]] |year= 2023 |access-date= 14 April 2024}}</ref> * {{flag|Yemen}} ** [[Yemeni Air Force]] - 19 in service as of 2023.<ref name="auto"/> ===Former operators=== [[File:MiG-21 Bulgarian Air Force.jpg|thumb|A Bulgarian MiG-21 taxis at [[Graf Ignatievo Air Base]], Bulgaria during a bilateral exercise between the U.S. and [[Bulgarian Air Force]].]] [[File:Bulgarian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis Lofting-6.jpg|thumb|[[Bulgarian Air Force]] MiG-21UB]] [[File:Czechoslovak Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21R Lofting-5.jpg|thumb|[[Czechoslovak Air Force]] MiG-21R]] [[File:MiG-21.UM.9292.Radom.AirShow.2002.jpg|thumb|Two-seat [[Polish Air Force]] MiG-21UM with 3rd Tactical Squadron markings]] [[File:Phased out aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (21).png|thumb|[[Bangladesh Air Force]] Mig-21UBM ]] [[File:Derelict Malagasy MIG 21's (32606236945).jpg|thumb|Derelict [[Malagasy Air Force|Malagasy]] MiG-21UMs]] [[File:MiG-21U (MK-103) Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo 1.JPG|thumb|MiG-21U (MK-103) in the Aviation Museum of [[Central Finland]].]] [[File:ArmedForcesAcademy11Slovakia13.JPG|thumb|[[Slovak Air Force]] MiG-21MA on display in [[Liptovský Mikuláš]], 2011.]] * '''{{flag|Afghanistan}}''' ** Royal Afghan Air Force − 50 MiG-21F-13s and MiG-21Us<ref name="SIPRI">{{cite web |title=Arms transfer database |url=https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/TransferRegister |website=SIPRI |publisher=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |access-date=21 July 2024}}</ref>{{sfn|Wragg|2011|page=49}} ** [[Afghan Air Force]] − 46 MiG-21MFs and MiG-21UMs, and 40 MiG-21bis.<ref name="SIPRI" /> Several were shot down or destroyed on the ground during the [[Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)|Second Afghan Civil War]]{{sfn|Wragg|2011|page=49}}{{sfn|IISS|2000|page=166}} ** [[Taliban]] − About 20 MiG-21s in 2000, used in the ground attack role{{sfn|IISS|2000|page=166}} ** [[National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan]] − About 30 MiG-21s in 2000{{sfn|IISS|2000|page=166}} * '''{{flag|Algeria}}''' ** [[Algerian Air Force]] * '''{{flag|Bangladesh}}''' ** [[Bangladesh Air Force]] – 10 Mig-21MF's and 2 Mig-21UB's were donated to [[Bangladesh]] in 1970s by [[Soviet Union]]. Operated from 1973 and all retired in 2000s, replaced by [[Chengdu J-7|F-7's]]. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-15 |title=Scramble |url=http://www.scramblemagazine.nl/orbats/bangladesh/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215143240/http://www.scramblemagazine.nl/orbats/bangladesh/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-12-15 |access-date=2025-05-01 }}</ref> * '''{{flag|Belarus}}''' ** [[Belarusian Air Force]] * '''{{flag|Bulgaria}}''' ** [[Bulgarian Air Force]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pan.bg/?page=view_article§ion_id=4&article_id=25340|title=ФОТООКО: УНИКАЛНО АВИОШОУ ЗА 102 ГОДИНИ ВВС|website=www.pan.bg}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pan.bg/?page=view_article§ion_id=49&article_id=29794|title=МиГ-21 отново във въздуха|website=www.pan.bg}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pan.bg/?page=view_article§ion_id=49&article_id=30370|title=ФОТООКО: И МиГ-21бис във въздуха!|website=www.pan.bg}}</ref> * '''{{flag|Burkina Faso}}''' ** [[Burkina Faso Armed Forces|Burkina Faso Air Force]] * '''{{flag|Cambodia}}''' ** [[Royal Cambodian Air Force]] - 19 MiG-21bis and 3 MiG-21UM until all were retired in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forms.flightglobal.com/WorldAirForces2015?product=PREM&mode=DOWNLOAD&DMDcode=FGWC4&fcid=%7B05ceef25-b72e-4bea-9a83-a7ab7d02e55a%7D_FC078_PREM_201412&fcfileext=pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 December 2014 |archive-date=19 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019075444/http://forms.flightglobal.com/WorldAirForces2015?product=PREM&mode=DOWNLOAD&DMDcode=FGWC4&fcid=%7B05ceef25-b72e-4bea-9a83-a7ab7d02e55a%7D_FC078_PREM_201412&fcfileext=pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> * '''{{flag|Republic of the Congo}}''' ** [[Congolese Air Force]] – 14,<ref name="World Air Forces 1994 pg. 38">{{cite web |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1994/1994%20-%202016.html|title = World Air Forces 1994 pg. 38|publisher= Flightglobal Insight |year= 1994 |access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref> in storage<ref name="World Air Forces 2004 pg. 52">{{cite web |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2004/2004-09%20-%202345.html|title = World Air Forces 2004 pg. 38|publisher= Flightglobal Insight |year= 1994 |access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref> * '''{{flag|Croatia}}''' ** [[Croatian Air Force]] – In November 2024, the last remaining MiG-21s (four fighters and two trainers) were retired.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hoyle |first1=Craig |title=Croatian air force retires Europe's last MiG-21 fighters |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/croatian-air-force-retires-europes-last-mig-21-fighters/161024.article |access-date=9 December 2024 |work=Flight Global |date=6 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref> * '''{{flag|Czechoslovakia}}''' ** [[Czechoslovak People's Army#Air Force|Czechoslovak People's Air Force]] – passed on to the Czech Republic and Slovakia. * '''{{flag|Czech Republic}}''' ** [[Czech Air Force]] * '''{{flag|East Germany}}''' ** [[Air Forces of the National People's Army]] – passed on to Germany after reunification. * '''{{flag|Egypt}}''' ** [[Egyptian Air Force]]<ref name="FIWAF12 p49">Hoyle ''Flight International'' 11–17 December 2012, p. 49.</ref> * '''{{flag|Eritrea}}''' ** [[Eritrean Air Force]]<ref>[http://www.scramblemagazine.nl/orbats/eritrea/overview "Eritrea".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827041513/http://www.scramblemagazine.nl/orbats/eritrea/overview |date=27 August 2013 }} ''Scramble magazine''. Retrieved: 19 May 2013.</ref> * '''{{flag|Ethiopia}}''' ** [[Ethiopian Air Force]] * '''{{flag|Finland}}''' ** [[Finnish Air Force]] * '''{{GBS}}''' ** [[Guinea-Bissau Air Force]] * '''{{flag|Germany}}''' ** [[German Air Force|Luftwaffe]]<ref>[http://www.luftwaffe.de/portal/a/luftwaffe/!ut/p/c4/NYs7DsIwEAVvtOtQEJmOjyJRABWC0C2OlTg4drRaJw2Hxy54I00zevjCTKDF9SQuBvL4xNa43XsFvwJ9JEEgMwCxGdwCG6U0jMnjo_w6CyYGK8Vig7jsnkkiwxxZfCmJORdwHbaqOh3UVv1Xfev7sdEXVevztbnhPE37H-BHxRU!/#par3 "Only one machine was flying with Luftwaffe registration: To scrapping".] ''German Airforce''. Reviewed 2 February 2013.</ref> * '''{{flag|Georgia}}''' ** [[Georgian Air Force]] * '''{{flag|Hungary}}''' ** [[Hungarian Air Force]] * '''{{flag|Indonesia}}''' ** [[Indonesian Air Force]] * '''{{flag|Iran}}''' ** [[Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force|Iranian Air Force]] – purchased 12 ex-East German MiG-21PFMs plus four MiG-21Us for training purposes. However, only two MiG-21Us were delivered, the others being embargoed after German reunification currently have 17 [[Chengdu J-7]] for training purposes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kamov.net/general-aviation/iriaf-mig-29-fulcrum/|title=IRIAF MiG-29 above Teheran – Iranian Fulcrums|website=kamov.net|access-date=29 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044227/http://www.kamov.net/general-aviation/iriaf-mig-29-fulcrum/|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> * '''{{flag|Iraq|1991}}''' ** [[Iraqi Air Force]] – operated during [[Saddam Hussein]]'s Era.{{sfn|Cordesman|2003|pages=24−25}} *'''{{flag|Israel}}''' **[[Israeli Air Force]] – acquired as part of [[Operation Diamond]]. Currently in [[Israeli Air Force Museum]]{{cn|date=May 2025}} * '''{{flag|ISIL}}''' ** [[Military of ISIL]] – captured 19 (1 operational).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29660029|title=BBC News – Islamic State 'training pilots to fly fighter jets'|work=BBC News|date=2014-10-17}}</ref> Originally three in operational condition. The [[Syrian Air Force]] claimed to have shot down two of them.<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-jets-idUKKCN0IB1H220141022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220211146/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-jets-idUKKCN0IB1H220141022|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 December 2015|title=Syria says shoots down two of three Islamic State jets|work=Reuters|date=22 October 2014|access-date=22 October 2014}}</ref> Other airframes are in various states of disrepair and some of them were being overhauled at the time of their capture. * '''{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}''' ** [[Air Force of Kyrgyzstan|Kyrgyzstan Air and Air Defence Force]] * '''{{flag|Laos}}''' ** [[Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force]] * '''{{flag|Madagascar}}''' ** [[Malagasy Air Force]] * '''{{flag|Mongolia}}''' ** [[Mongolian Air Force]]<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/media/reports_pdf/world-air-forces-2013-101015.aspx "World Air Forces 2013 – Pictures & Photos on FlightGlobal Airspace."] ''Flightglobal.com'', 11 December 2012. Retrieved: 28 July 2013.</ref> * '''{{flag|Namibia}}''' ** [[Namibian Air Force]]<ref name="Planes and Pilots Vol.12 MiG 21">PALOQUE ''The MiG 21 The Mikoyan-Gurevitch Fishbed (1955–2010)'' December 2009, p. 69.</ref> * '''{{flag|Nigeria}}''' ** [[Nigerian Air Force]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Newdick |first1=Thomas |title=Nigeria's MiG-21 Fighter Jet Force Is Up For Sale |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/38059/nigerias-mig-21-fighter-jet-force-is-up-for-sale |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209194106/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/38059/nigerias-mig-21-fighter-jet-force-is-up-for-sale |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 December 2020 |website=The Drive |date=9 December 2020 |access-date=13 January 2022 }}</ref> * '''{{flag|People's Republic of China}}''' ** [[People's Liberation Army Air Force]] – replaced by the [[Chengdu J-7]], a license-built version of the MiG-21. In addition to MiG-21F-13s supplied by the Soviet Union, China also traded a small amount of MiG-21MFs with J-7 export variations, then developed the J-7C/D variants based on the MiG-21MF. The deal was between China and a certain Middle Eastern country.<ref name="AirForceWorld.com_China_Mig-21MF_Trade">[http://airforceworld.com/pla/english/j-7-fighter-china-mig-21.html "China Mig-21MF Trade."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421075004/http://airforceworld.com/pla/english/j-7-fighter-china-mig-21.html |date=21 April 2011 }} ''AirForceWorld.com.'' Retrieveda; 5 November 2011.</ref> In May 2013, an official publication from Chengdu Aircraft Corporation reported that J-7 production had ceased after decades of manufacturing variations of this Chinese-made MiG-21.<ref name="AirForceWorld.com_China_J-7_end_production">[http://www.airforceworld.com/pla/english/j-7-fighter-china-mig-21.html "China stops production of J-7 fighter jets."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027122322/http://www.airforceworld.com/pla/english/j-7-fighter-china-mig-21.html |date=27 October 2018 }} ''AirForceWorld.com.'' Retrieveda; 3 June 2013.</ref> [[File:Polish Air Force MiG-21 over Dutch Airspace in 1999 2156 018807.jpg|thumb|right|Polish Air Force MiG-21bis in 1999.]] * '''{{flag|Poland}}''' ** [[Polish Air Force]] ** [[Polish Naval Aviation]] * '''{{flag|Romania}}''' ** [[Romanian Air Force]] – officially retired on 15 May 2023<ref name="lancer"/> * '''{{flag|Russia}}''' ** [[Russian Air Force]] * '''{{flag|Serbia}}''' ** [[Serbian Air Force and Air Defence]] – retired from service in May 2021.Replaced by [[Mikoyan MiG-29|MiG-29SM+]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/news/defense-aviation-news/2021/may/7337-serbian-air-force-says-farewell-to-its-mig-21-fighters.html|title=Serbian Air Force says farewell to its MiG-21 fighters|website=airrecognition.com|date=25 May 2021|access-date=26 May 2021|archive-date=26 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526090116/https://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/news/defense-aviation-news/2021/may/7337-serbian-air-force-says-farewell-to-its-mig-21-fighters.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * '''{{flag|Serbia and Montenegro}}''' ** [[Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro]] – passed on to Serbia. * '''{{flag|Slovakia}}''' ** [[Slovak Air Force]] – in 1993, with the dissolution of [[Czechoslovakia]], the Slovak Air Force obtained 13 MiG-21MAs, 36 MiG-21MFs, eight MiG-21Rs, two MiG-21USs and 11 MiG-21UMs. They were withdrawn in 2003. Some were put on display and placed in museums across the country; others were scrapped.<ref>Culak, Josef. [http://culak.blog.sme.sk/c/204730/Slovenske-vojenske-letectvo-v-roku-1993-a-dnes-v-cislach-a-obrazoch.html#ixzz26PYar1fE " (in Slovak).] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015202847/http://culak.blog.sme.sk/c/204730/Slovenske-vojenske-letectvo-v-roku-1993-a-dnes-v-cislach-a-obrazoch.html |date=15 October 2012 }} ''culak.blog.'' Retrieved: 13 September 2012.</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=December 2020}} * '''{{flag|Somalia}}''' ** [[Somali Air Force]] * '''{{flag|Soviet Union}}''' – passed to successor states after the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]]. ** [[Soviet Air Force]] ** [[Soviet Air Defence Force]] ** [[Soviet Naval Aviation]] * '''{{flag|Tanzania}}''' ** [[Tanzanian Air Force]] * '''{{flag|Turkmenistan}}''' ** [[Turkmen Air Force]] * '''{{flag|Uganda}}''' ** [[Ugandan Air Force]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=106507|title=World Air Forces 2024|date=1 January 2023}}</ref> * '''{{flag|United States}}''' – retired from [[United States Air Force]] after evaluation flights under "[[Have Doughnut]]" and [[4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron|aggressor squadron]] duty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:1253fb8a-3b45-4f68-b273-fff9b8f2f73d|title=We didn't know what 90 percent of the switches did|access-date=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116110640/http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=blog%3A27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3A27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3A1253fb8a-3b45-4f68-b273-fff9b8f2f73d|archive-date=16 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> * '''{{flag|Ukraine}}''' ** [[Ukrainian Air Force]] * '''{{flag|Vietnam}}''' ** [[Vietnam People's Air Force]] – retired from service in November 2015, put in temporary storage while the [[Vietnam People's Air Force|Air Force]] searches for a replacement, possibly the [[Sukhoi Su-35]] or even the American [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nguyentandung.org/kqnd-viet-nam-chuan-bi-vinh-biet-tiem-kich-mig-21.html|title=KQND Việt Nam chuẩn bị vĩnh biệt tiêm kích MiG-21|last=www.nguyentandung.org|date=18 November 2015|access-date=6 February 2016|archive-date=20 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220042911/http://nguyentandung.org/kqnd-viet-nam-chuan-bi-vinh-biet-tiem-kich-mig-21.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref> * '''{{flag|Yugoslavia}}''' ** [[Yugoslav Air Force]] – passed on to [[Serbia and Montenegro]]. * '''{{flag|Zaire}}''' – four were sold to the Zairean government by Yugoslavia but never flew.<ref name="Congo">{{cite web|last1=Cooper|first1=Tom |last2= Pit |first2=Weinert|url=http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_190.shtml|title=Zaire/DR Congo since 1980|website=ACIG|date= 2 September 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217082412/http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_190.shtml |url-status=usurped|archive-date=17 February 2014}}</ref> * '''{{flag|Zambia}}''' ** [[Zambian Air Force]]<ref name="FIWAF18 p60">Hoyle ''Flight International'' 4–10 December 2018, p. 60.</ref> ===Civilian operators=== According to the [[Federal Aviation Administration|United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)]], there were 44 privately owned MiG-21s in the U.S. in 2012<ref>[http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Inquiry.aspx "MiG-21 in U.S."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402052315/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/acftref_inquiry.aspx |date=2 April 2015 }} ''FAA Registry.'' Retrieved: 13 September 2012.</ref> By 2013, [[Draken International]] had acquired 30 MiG-21bis/UM aircraft, mostly from Poland.<ref>''Informacje'' "RAPORT Wojsko Technika Obronność" Nr. 11/2013, p.76 (in Polish)</ref> In 2017, it operated 30 MiGs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drakenintl.com/|title=Draken International - Draken International|website=www.drakenintl.com|access-date=24 October 2017|archive-date=27 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027031217/http://www.drakenintl.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===Use as suborbital space launch platform=== In 2012, Premier Space Systems in Hillsboro, Oregon, US, conducted flight tests for NanoLaunch, a project to launch suborbital [[sounding rocket]]s from MiG-21s flying over the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref name="Vintage">[http://www.citizensinspace.org/2012/03/vintage-fighters-return-as-launch-platforms "Vintage fighters return as launch platforms."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702085702/http://www.citizensinspace.org/2012/03/vintage-fighters-return-as-launch-platforms |date=2 July 2017 }} ''citizensinspace.org,'' March 2012. Retrieved: 13 September 2012.</ref> The company was dissolved in 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_or/69424092 |title=Premier Space Systems, Inc. |website=opencorporates |access-date=22 January 2023}}</ref>
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