Minotaur | STEP 0 & DARPASAT

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Orbital Sciences Corporation (Commercial)
• Rocket: Minotaur C — Minotaur family

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.

• Type: Communications
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Space Launch Complex 576E
• Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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