Minotaur | NROL-8
Status: Success | Launched: Oct 03, 1998 10:04 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: Orbital Sciences Corporation (Commercial)
- Rocket: Minotaur C — Minotaur family
Mission
The STEX (Space Technology Experiments) satellite carried 29 new technologies intended to result in lower cost and higher performance spacecraft for future missions.
- Type: Government/Top Secret
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Space Launch Complex 576E
- Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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