Minotaur IV Launch Schedule
Stay up-to-date on upcoming Minotaur IV rocket launches with our live schedule. You can browse all 3 planned Minotaur IV missions on our website, and you can live stream any Minotaur IV rocket launch happening today.
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
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.
Updated: Jan 17, 7:30am UTC
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Upcoming Minotaur IV Launches
TBD
Sep 2025
STP-S29A is a mission under the U.S. Department of Defense's Space Test Program (STP) that will deliver technology demonstrations to orbit and contribute to future space system development, with this launch delivering up to 200 kg of STP cubesats to Low Earth Orbit. The main payload will be STPSat-7, an ESPA class satellite based on the Aegis Aerospace M-1 satellite bus used on the STPSat-4 mission for hosting research and technology demonstration payloads for the Department of Defense (DoD). One of the payload is U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Lightsheet Anomaly Resolution and Debris Observation (LARADO) instrument, used to detect and characterize lethal non-trackable orbital debris with lasers in orbit.
Updated: Oct 13, 6:00pm UTC
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Updated: Dec 6, 5:00am UTC