MISSION NAME
STEP 0 & DARPASAT
Status
Success
DATE
13 MAR 1994
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 576E
Description
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.
Minotaur C