Minotaur IV | STP-S29A

Launch information

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Mission description

STP-S29A is a mission under the U.S. Department of Defense's Space Test Program (STP) that will deliver technology demonstrations to orbit and contribute to future space system development, with this launch delivering up to 200 kg of STP cubesats to Low Earth Orbit. The main payload will be STPSat-7, an ESPA class satellite based on the Aegis Aerospace M-1 satellite bus used on the STPSat-4 mission for hosting research and technology demonstration payloads for the Department of Defense (DoD). One of the payload is U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Lightsheet Anomaly Resolution and Debris Observation (LARADO) instrument, used to detect and characterize lethal non-trackable orbital debris with lasers in orbit.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Minotaur IV | STP-S29A’.

Launch image Minotaur IV | STP-S29A

TBD

Status: To Be Determined

Class: normal

Launch T0: Sept. 30, 2025, midnight

Timezone: America/Los_Angeles

Launch authority

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

Mission

STP-S29A (LEO)

Launcher

Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Rocket

Minotaur IV

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 8

Type

Technology

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Tracking of on-board satellites will be available after the rocket launch date (Sept. 30, 2025).

Launch statistics

Launch statistics will be available after the rocket launch date (Sept. 30, 2025).

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