Orbital Sciences CorporationLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top Secret

NROL‑8

Name: Minotaur | NROL-8
Start: 1998-10-03T10:04:49Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Minotaur

Launched Sat, Oct 3 · 10:04:49 AM UTC1998-10-03 10:04:49 UTCSpace Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Reached orbit

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Success

Reached Low Earth Orbit

Worldwide

60th

orbital launch attempt in 1998

Orbital Sciences Corporation

6th

launch this year

Space Launch Complex 576E

2nd

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

234 d 20 h

since the pad's previous launch

Mission

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

Launch Provider

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Commercial · United States of America

Launches

Successful

90%

Upcoming

scheduled

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Orbital Sciences CorporationLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top Secret

NROL‑8

Minotaur

Launched Sat, Oct 3 · 10:04:49 AM UTC1998-10-03 10:04:49 UTCSpace Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Reached orbit

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Success

Reached Low Earth Orbit

Worldwide

60th

orbital launch attempt in 1998

Orbital Sciences Corporation

6th

launch this year

Space Launch Complex 576E

2nd

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

234 d 20 h

since the pad's previous launch

Mission

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

Launch Provider

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Commercial · United States of America

Launches

Successful

90%

Upcoming

scheduled

All Orbital Sciences Corporation launches Website Wikipedia

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