1994 · United States Air Force
MSTI-2
successScout G-1 | MSTI-2
MSTI 2 (Miniature Sensor Technology Integration 2) was a US Department of Defense spacecraft launched from the Vandenberg AFB by a Scout-G1 rocket. It was the last of the now discontinued Scout series. The primary mission of MSTI 2 was to demonstrate theater ballistic missile (TBM) tracking and was intended to last for six months. It successfully spotted and locked onto a test Minuteman-3 launched from Vandenberg AFB. More than three million short wavelength infrared (SWIR) and medium wavelength infrared (MWIR) image frames were obtained during the mission.
Overview
- Date / time
- May 9, 1994 at 02:47 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 5
- Mission
- MSTI-2
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit