LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Sat Oct 03 1998
Orbital Sciences Corporation
NROL-8 (STEX)
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
Name:
Minotaur CDescription:
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Government/Top Secret
- The STEX (Space Technology Experiments) satellite carried 29 new technologies intended to result in lower cost and higher performance spacecraft for future missions.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Pad
Space Launch Complex 576E