Launch Overview
Vehicle
ARPA Taurus
Agency
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Site / Pad
V / 576E
Outcome
Success
Flight
T3 1110
COSPAR Designator
1998-055
Mission
NROL-8 (STEX) (Government/Top Secret)
The STEX (Space Technology Experiments) satellite carried 29 new technologies intended to result in lower cost and higher performance spacecraft for future missions.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Minotaur C
Provider
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Agency launches
26 (6 YTD)
Site launches
587 (7 YTD)
Pad launches
3 (2 YTD)