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STEP 0 & DARPASAT

Name: Minotaur | STEP 0 & DARPASAT
Start: 1994-03-13T22:32:00Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Minotaur

Launched Sun, Mar 13 · 10:32 PM UTC1994-03-13 22:32 UTCSpace Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Reached orbit

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Success

Reached Low Earth Orbit

Worldwide

18th

orbital launch attempt in 1994

Orbital Sciences Corporation

1st

launch this year

Space Launch Complex 576E

1st

launch from this pad this year

Mission

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.

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Orbital Sciences Corporation

Commercial · United States of America

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Successful

90%

Upcoming

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Orbital Sciences CorporationLaunch SuccessfulCommunications

STEP 0 & DARPASAT

Minotaur

Launched Sun, Mar 13 · 10:32 PM UTC1994-03-13 22:32 UTCSpace Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Reached orbit

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Success

Reached Low Earth Orbit

Worldwide

18th

orbital launch attempt in 1994

Orbital Sciences Corporation

1st

launch this year

Space Launch Complex 576E

1st

launch from this pad this year

Mission

Launch Provider

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Commercial · United States of America

Launches

Successful

90%

Upcoming

scheduled

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