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XSS-11

successMinotaur I | XSS-11

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.

Overview

Date / time
April 11, 2005 at 01:35 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 8
Mission
XSS-11
Mission type
Test Flight
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Minotaur I →
Launch provider
Orbital Sciences Corporation →

Payloads deployed · 1

XSS-11 (USA 165)
LEO