Orbital Sciences CorporationMinotaur-C 1110Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
MTI
Launched
March 12, 2000
Summary
MTI launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur-C 1110 from Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on March 12, 2000. It was Orbital Sciences Corporation's 34th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 4,382nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Minotaur-C 1110 flight. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO). MTI, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 581 × 618 km orbit inclined 97.4°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Polar Orbit (PO)
- Milestone
- 1st Minotaur-C 1110 flightOrbital Sciences Corporation's 34th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 4,382nd orbital launch attempt15th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
MTI · NORAD 26102 · 2000-014 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MTI
- Object ID
- 2000-014A
- Epoch
- 2000-03-12 10:29:51 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.91748721 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0026739
- Inclination
- 97.4046°
- Ascending node
- 5.9411°
- Arg. of perigee
- 210.2319°
- Mean anomaly
- 149.7208°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: PO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- MTI · NORAD 26102 · re-entered May 14, 2022
Taurus 5 Stage 4 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The primary objective of MTI (Multispectral Thermal Imager) was to demonstrate advanced multispectral and thermal imaging, image processing, and associated technologies that could be used in future systems for detecting and characterizing facilities producing weapons of mass destruction using radiometrically accurate, high spatial resolution, multispectral imaging.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
5th launch from Space Launch Complex 576E, 1st this year · 599th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
9 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
82 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did MTI launch?
MTI launched on March 12, 2000. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch MTI?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched MTI?
Minotaur-C 1110, flown by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Minotaur-C 1110 spec sheet
Where did MTI launch from?
Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did MTI reach?
MTI, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 581 × 618 km orbit inclined 97.4°.
How many satellites did MTI launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).