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STEP 0 & DARPASAT
Minotaur COrbital Sciences CorporationSpace Launch Complex 576E
Sunday, March 13, 1994 · 10:32 PM UTCAdd to Calendar
This mission is complete.
Vehicle
Minotaur C
Profile →The Minotaur IV launch system is derived from the Peacekeeper ICBM. The first three stages are taken directly from decommissioned Peacekeeper missiles. A fourth stage, the Orion-38, is...
Height23.9 m
LEO Payload1,735 kg
Launches72
Successes65
Mission Brief
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.
PayloadSTEP 0 & DARPASAT
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
CustomerOrbital Sciences Corporation
Stages4
PadSpace Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Site lock
Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
34.739°N, 120.619°W
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.
