Launch SuccessfulOrbital Sciences Corporation

Minotaur: STEP 0 & DARPASAT

Name: Minotaur: STEP 0 & DARPASAT
Start: 1994-03-13T22:32:00Z
End: 1994-03-13T22:32:00Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 576E

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.

Sunday, 13 March 1994

Minotaur C

Mission Data

🇺🇸Orbital Sciences Corporation

Launch VehicleMinotaur C

Vehicle FamilyMinotaur

Vehicle Record3 of 4 launches (75%)

Provider TypeCommercial

Agency Record65 successes / 7 failures (90%)

Mission TypeCommunications

Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit

Launch PadSpace Launch Complex 576E

Location🇺🇸 Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA USA

Orbital Launches This Year#18

Agency Launches This Year#1

Launches From This Pad9

Launches From This Site923

Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Launch Site

Space Launch Complex 576E · 34.7394°N 120.6192°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.