LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Sun Mar 12 2000

Orbital Sciences Corporation

MTI

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(9:29 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(9:29 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(9:29 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Taurus 1110

Description:

American all-solid orbital launch vehicle based on a Pegasus and Peacekeeper rocket.It has been designed as a quick reaction launch vehicle, which can be launched from minimaly prepared places in a matter of a few days.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Earth Science
The primary objective of MTI (Multispectral Thermal Imager) was to demonstrate advanced multispectral and thermal imaging, image processing, and associated technologies that could be used in future systems for detecting and characterizing facilities producing weapons of mass destruction using radiometrically accurate, high spatial resolution, multispectral imaging.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 576E