Launch Overview
Vehicle
ARPA Taurus
Agency
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Site / Pad
V / 576E
Outcome
Success
Flight
T1 1110
COSPAR Designator
1994-017
Mission
STEP 0 & DARPASAT (Communications)
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.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Minotaur C
Provider
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Agency launches
5 (1 YTD)
Site launches
559 (2 YTD)
Pad launches
1 (1 YTD)