Minotaur I | XSS-11

Launch information

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Mission description

USA-165 or XSS-11 (Experimental Satellite System-11) is a small, washing-machine-sized, low-cost spacecraft developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate to test technology for proximity operations.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Minotaur I | XSS-11’.

Launch image Minotaur I | XSS-11

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: April 11, 2005, 1:35 p.m.

Timezone: America/Los_Angeles

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

XSS-11 (LEO)

Launcher

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Rocket

Minotaur I

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 8

Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Minotaur I | XSS-11’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
28636 XSS 11 (USA 165) SSO 98.45 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Decayed

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Minotaur I | XSS-11’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#4695

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Location Launch

#620

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Pad Launch

#3

To this date

Agency Launch

#45

To this date

Orbital Launch

#11

Year 2005

Location Launch

#1

Year 2005

Pad Launch

#1

Year 2005

Agency Launch

#1

Year 2005

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