Minotaur
SuccessSTEP 0 & DARPASAT · Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch time (NET)
Sunday, Mar 13, 1994, 22:32 UTC
Launch window
Sunday, Mar 13, 1994, 22:32 UTC – Sunday, Mar 13, 1994, 22:32 UTC
Provider
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
STEP 0 & DARPASAT
Type
Communications
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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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