Minotaur IV Launch Schedule

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Next Launch

Minotaur IV | EWS OD-1

Launch Status

TBD

Date & Time

2026

Location

Vandenberg SFB

Pad

Space Launch Complex 8

Launch Service Provider

Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Vehicle

Minotaur IV

Mission

EWS OD-1

Mission Type

Earth Science

Destination

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

The Electro-Optical/Infrared Weather System (EWS) Operational Demonstration-1 (OD-1) is a weather satellite for the United States Space Force. It is a prototype satellite made by General Atomics that will be place in LEO for a three-year demonstration mission of new EO/IR sensor technologies to various US military branches, and to act as a stop-gap for Defense Department needs for weather data.

Last Update: NET Q2-Q3 2026.

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