Launch vehicle
Minotaur C
- Recorded launches
- 4
- First flight
- 1994-03-13
Historical mission record
This page records Minotaur | NROL-8 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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 vehicle
- Minotaur C
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 576E
- Provider
- Orbital Sciences Corporation
The vehicle
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Launch site & orbit
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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