NROL-8 (STEX) Mission

Mission patch NROL-8 (STEX) Patch

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

3 Oct 1998, 10:04am

Location

Vandenberg SFB Launch Site

Vandenberg SFB

Pad

Space Launch Complex 576E

Launch Service Provider

Orbital Sciences Corporation logo

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Vehicle

Minotaur C

Mission

NROL-8 (STEX)

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

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

Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC

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