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Minotaur IV | STP-S29A
Northrop Grumman Space Systems · Minotaur IV · Space Launch Complex 8, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Northrop Grumman Space Systems's 16th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 7,252nd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Apr 7, 11:30 – Apr 7, 16:30 UTC
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STP-S29A
STP-S29A is a mission under the U.S. Department of Defense's Space Test Program (STP) that will deliver technology demonstrations to orbit and contribute to future space system development, with this launch delivering up to 200 kg of STP cubesats to Low Earth Orbit. The main payload will be STPSat-7, an ESPA class satellite based on the Aegis Aerospace M-1 satellite bus used on the STPSat-4 mission for hosting research and technology demonstration payloads for the Department of Defense (DoD). One of the payload is U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Lightsheet Anomaly Resolution and Debris Observation (LARADO) instrument, used to detect and characterize lethal non-trackable orbital debris with lasers in orbit.
Technology · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
No booster details available.
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- AGS6 Launch Livestream (STP-S29A) — AggieSat Laboratory
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/7/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/7/2026 · source
Unofficial Webcast by AggieSat Laboratory has started
LL2 · 4/7/2026 · source
Go for launch on April 7.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/3/2026 · source
NET April 7.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/15/2026 · source
NET February 2026.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/14/2025 · source
NET December 10.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/29/2025 · source
NET December.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/9/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/10/2024 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 8
Local pad time: Apr 7, 4:33 AM PDT
10 launches from this pad · 899 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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