Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
04:41:00
Sunday September 26, 2010
Watch Replay
Official Livestream
The first launch of Minotaur IV.
The Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system is a planned constellation of satellites and supporting ground infrastructure that will improve the ability of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to detect and track space objects in orbit around the Earth. The primary SBSS contractor, Boeing, characterizes some orbiting space objects as, "Potential future threats to the United States' space assets."
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
1,031 kilograms
Agency
NorthropPrice
$46.00 million
Rocket
Height: 23.88m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 1,735 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,200 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 2.34m
Height: 6.4m
Stages
4
1st
Mission
1st
Mission of 2010
50th
Orbital launch attempt