United States Air ForceScout G-1Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
MSTI-2
Launched
May 9, 1994
Summary
MSTI-2 launched on an United States Air Force Scout G-1 from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on May 9, 1994. It was United States Air Force's 940th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 3,897th orbital launch attempt. It was the 17th Scout G-1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). MSTI-2, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 367 × 470 km orbit inclined 96.8°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Scout G-1 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 17th Scout G-1 flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 940th launch6th this yearhumanity's 3,897th orbital launch attempt29th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
MSTI-2 · NORAD 23101 · 1994-028 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MSTI 2
- Object ID
- 1994-028A
- Epoch
- 1994-05-09 06:51:53 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.51773245 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0076282
- Inclination
- 96.8416°
- Ascending node
- 324.2632°
- Arg. of perigee
- 226.7621°
- Mean anomaly
- 132.6646°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- B*
- 0.010365
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- MSTI-2 · NORAD 23101 · re-entered November 28, 1998
Scout S218C Stage 4 · re-entered March 20, 1995
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
MSTI 2 (Miniature Sensor Technology Integration 2) was a US Department of Defense spacecraft launched from the Vandenberg AFB by a Scout-G1 rocket. It was the last of the now discontinued Scout series. The primary mission of MSTI 2 was to demonstrate theater ballistic missile (TBM) tracking and was intended to last for six months. It successfully spotted and locked onto a test Minuteman-3 launched from Vandenberg AFB. More than three million short wavelength infrared (SWIR) and medium wavelength infrared (MWIR) image frames were obtained during the mission.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
69th launch from Space Launch Complex 5, 1st this year · 560th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
69 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
317 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did MSTI-2 launch?
MSTI-2 launched on May 9, 1994. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch MSTI-2?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched MSTI-2?
Scout G-1, flown by United States Air Force. Scout G-1 spec sheet
Where did MSTI-2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did MSTI-2 reach?
MSTI-2, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 367 × 470 km orbit inclined 96.8°.
How many satellites did MSTI-2 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).