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2000 · Orbital Sciences Corporation

MTI

successTaurus 1110 | MTI

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.

Overview

Date / time
March 12, 2000 at 09:29 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 576E
Mission
MTI
Mission type
Earth Science
Orbit achieved
Polar Orbit
Launch vehicle
Minotaur-C 1110 →
Launch provider
Orbital Sciences Corporation →

Payloads deployed · 1

MTI
LEO