OSC Minotaur-C 1110 MTI

Name: OSC Minotaur-C 1110 MTI
Start: 2000-03-12T09:29:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 576E

Minotaur-C 1110

Status

Success

Date

12 MAR 2000

09:29

Launch Provider

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 576E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

The primary objective of MTI (Multispectral Thermal Imager) was to demonstrate advanced multispectral and thermal imaging, image processing, and associated technologies that could be used in future systems for detecting and characterizing facilities producing weapons of mass destruction using radiometrically accurate, high spatial resolution, multispectral imaging.

Rocket

Minotaur-C 1110

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Polar Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

American all-solid orbital launch vehicle based on a Pegasus and Peacekeeper rocket.It has been designed as a quick reaction launch vehicle, which can be launched from minimaly prepared places in a matter of a few days.

Height

27.9 m

Diameter

2.35 m

Launch Mass

73 T

Thrust

1,320 kN