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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top SecretScout G-1
Launched 1994-05-09 02:47 UTCSpace Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
29th
orbital launch attempt in 1994
United States Air Force
6th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 5
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
317 d 3 h
since the pad's previous launch
MSTI 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.
Launch Provider
Government · United States of America · Founded 1947 · Commander-in-Chief President of the US
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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Height
26m
Diameter
1.1m
To low Earth orbit
210kg
Liftoff thrust
395kN
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