Success
NROL-8 (STEX)
Government/Top Secret
Orbital Sciences Corporation(OSC)Commercial
Minotaur C
LEOorbit
The STEX (Space Technology Experiments) satellite carried 29 new technologies intended to result in lower cost and higher performance spacecraft for future missions.
Saturday, October 3, 1998 at 10:04 AM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#4,267
OSC Mission
#26
Pad Launch
#3
Location Launch
#587
Designator
1998-055
Launch Window
NET
Oct 3, 1998, 10:04 AM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Space Launch Complex 576E
Launch Complex 576 is a group of rocket launch pads at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The pads were used from 1959 until 1971 to launch SM-65 Atlas missiles. The site was also known as Complex ABRES. Pads in Area 576 include 576A-1, 576A-2 and 576A-3, 576B-1, 576B-2 and 576B-3, 576-C, 576-D, 576-E, OSTF-1 and OSTF-2.
Total Launches
9
Orbital Attempts
9
Fastest Turnaround
2mo 22d
Minotaur C Specs
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
1994
Fastest Turnaround
4y 6mo
Total Launches
4
Successful
3
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
1
Maiden flight: Mar 13, 1994
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.
Timezone
America/Los_Angeles
Local Launch Time
Oct 3, 1998, 3:04 AM
Total Launches
885
Total Landings
34
Coordinates
34.7513, -120.5202