TacSat-2 & GeneSat-1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

12:00:00

Saturday December 16, 2006

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

TacSat-2

Wiki

The TacSat series of experimental spacecraft are designed to allow military commanders on a battlefield to request and obtain imagery and other data from a satellite as it passes overhead. Collected data will be delivered to field commanders in minutes rather than hours or days. The sensor on TacSat-2 could collect color images sharp enough to distinguish ground objects as small as 1 meter in diameter.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

370 kilograms

GeneSat-1

Wiki

GeneSat-1 is a fully automated, CubeSat spaceflight system that provides life support for bacteria.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

5 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Minotaur I

Active Since 2000

Northrop Grumman logo

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

LP-0B

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Fastest Turnaround

73 days 21 hours

Stats

Minotaur I


6th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2006

2006


61st

Orbital launch attempt