Minotaur | NROL-8

Name: Minotaur | NROL-8
Start: 1998-10-03T10:04:49Z
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

The STEX (Space Technology Experiments) satellite carried 29 new technologies intended to result in lower cost and higher performance spacecraft for future missions.

Mission Details

Launch date: October 3, 1998 at 10:04 AM UTC
Launch vehicle: Minotaur
Operator: Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch site: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission type: Government/Top Secret