Orbital Sciences CorporationMinotaur CSpace Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
STEP 0 & DARPASAT
Launched
March 13, 1994
Summary
STEP 0 & DARPASAT launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur C from Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on March 13, 1994. It was Orbital Sciences Corporation's 5th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 3,886th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Minotaur C flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). 15 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Minotaur C · Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Minotaur C flightOrbital Sciences Corporation's 5th launch1st this yearhumanity's 3,886th orbital launch attempt18th orbital launch attempt this year
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Catalogued objects
15 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 12 debris; 11 still in orbit
- STEP M0 · NORAD 23030 · in orbit
- DARPASAT · NORAD 23031 · re-entered May 7, 2002
Taurus 1 Stage 4 · re-entered
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
1st launch from Space Launch Complex 576E, 1st this year · 559th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
9 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did STEP 0 & DARPASAT launch?
STEP 0 & DARPASAT launched on March 13, 1994. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STEP 0 & DARPASAT?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched STEP 0 & DARPASAT?
Minotaur C, flown by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Minotaur C spec sheet
Where did STEP 0 & DARPASAT launch from?
Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit was STEP 0 & DARPASAT going to?
Low Earth Orbit (LEO), a communications mission.
How many satellites did STEP 0 & DARPASAT launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).