MSTI-2
Scout G-1
Monday, May 9, 1994 · 02:47 UTC
Mission
/01MSTI 2 (Miniature Sensor Technology Integration 2) was a US Department of Defense spacecraft launched from the Vandenberg AFB by a Scout-G1 rocket. It was the last of the now discontinued Scout series. The primary mission of MSTI 2 was to demonstrate theater ballistic missile (TBM) tracking and was intended to last for six months. It successfully spotted and locked onto a test Minuteman-3 launched from Vandenberg AFB. More than three million short wavelength infrared (SWIR) and medium wavelength infrared (MWIR) image frames were obtained during the mission.
Mission Type
Orbit
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Status
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Scout G-1
Variant: G-1
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 5
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
34.608° N, 120.625° W
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