1998 · Orbital Sciences Corporation

NROL-8 (STEX)

successMinotaur | NROL-8

The STEX (Space Technology Experiments) satellite carried 29 new technologies intended to result in lower cost and higher performance spacecraft for future missions.

Overview

Date / time: October 3, 1998 at 10:04 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 576E
Mission: NROL-8 (STEX)
Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved: Low Earth Orbit

Launch vehicle

Minotaur C →

Launch provider

Orbital Sciences Corporation →

Payloads deployed · 2