NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

RPP (USA-225) (NROL-66)

Launch Time
Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:26 UTC

Rocket

Minotaur I
Image Credit: Northrop Grumman
Northrop
Status: Active
Price: $40.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 935 kN
Payload to LEO: 580 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 19.21 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.27 m
Fairing Height: 3.79 m

Mission Details

RPP (USA-225) (NROL-66)

The satellite is being used to perform technology demonstration and development experiments, including advanced dosimeters to characterize the space environment from a 1,200 kilometer low Earth orbit.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 350.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-8, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

2011

6th orbital launch attempt

Minotaur I

9th mission
1st mission of 2011
9th successful mission