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MTI
Minotaur-C 1110Orbital Sciences CorporationSpace Launch Complex 576E
Sunday, March 12, 2000 · 09:29 AM UTC
This mission is complete.
Mission Brief
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.
PayloadMTI
OrbitPolar Orbit
CustomerOrbital Sciences Corporation
Stages4
PadSpace Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Ground vector
Launch site
Site locked
Space Launch Complex 576E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Global range
- Latitude
- 34.739°N
- Longitude
- 120.619°W
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
09:29 AM UTC - 09:29 AM UTC
Schedule History
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.

