Orbital Sciences Corporation

XSS-11

Minotaur I

SUCCESS
Success

Monday, April 11, 2005 · 13:35 UTC

Mission

/01

USA-165 or XSS-11 (Experimental Satellite System-11) is a small, washing-machine-sized, low-cost spacecraft developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate to test technology for proximity operations.

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Minotaur I

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 8

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.576° N, 120.632° W

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