LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Sun Mar 13 1994
Orbital Sciences Corporation
STEP 0 & DARPASAT
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(10:32 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(10:32 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(10:32 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
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Rocket Details
Name:
Minotaur CDescription:
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- STEP 0 (Space Test Experiment Platform 0) was a technology demonstration satellite flown under the Space Test Program (STP). DARPASAT (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Satellite) was designed to demonstrate advanced technology. Ball Aerospace designed, fabricated, integrated, and tested the spacecraft bus, and integrated two government-supplied payloads.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Pad
Space Launch Complex 576E