LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Fri Sep 23 2005
Orbital Sciences Corporation

STP-R1

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(2:24 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(2:24 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(2:24 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Minotaur I

Description:

The Minotaur I launch system is derived from converted Minuteman II ICBMs and is used to launch small satellites for the US Government. The first and second stages, taken directly from decommissioned Minuteman missiles, are mated to the Orion third and fourth stages taken from the Pegasus XL air-launched rocket family. An optional hydrazine-powered fifth stage called HAPS can be used.The Minotaur I launch system is derived from converted Minuteman II ICBMs and is used to launch small satellites for the US Government. An optional hydrazine-powered fifth stage called HAPS can be used.

Minotaur I rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Government/Top Secret
  • Streak or STP-R1 is an Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) experimental satellite, which remains largely classified.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 8