JAWSat

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

03:03:06

Thursday January 27, 2000

Mission Details

Launch Notes

First launch of the Minotaur I.

Wiki

The Joint Air Force-Weber State University Satellite (JAWSAT) is an American military mini-satellite. After its own launch, JAWSAT deployed four microsatellites: FalconSAT-1, OCSE, OPAL, and ASUSat. JAWSAT also carried NASA's Plasma Experiment Satellite Test (PEST)

Polar Orbit

1 Payload

191 kilograms

Rocket

Active

Minotaur I

Active Since 2000

Agency

Northrop

Price

$40.00 million

Rocket

Height: 19.21m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 580 kg

Liftoff Thrust

935 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 1.27m

Height: 3.79m

Stages

4

Launch Site

SLC-8

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

133 days 7 hours

SLC-8

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

133 days 7 hours

Stats

Minotaur I

1st

Mission

1st

Mission of 2000

2000

4th

Orbital launch attempt