Orbital Sciences Corporation

NROL-8

Minotaur C

SUCCESS
Success

Saturday, October 3, 1998 · 10:04 UTC

Mission

/01

The STEX (Space Technology Experiments) satellite carried 29 new technologies intended to result in lower cost and higher performance spacecraft for future missions.

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Minotaur C

Variant: C

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 576E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.739° N, 120.619° W

3

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587

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26

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60

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