NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

MSTI 2

Launch Time
Mon May 09, 1994 02:47 UTC

Last flight of Scout.

Rocket

Scout G1
US Air Force
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 622 kN
Payload to LEO: 210 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 21.0 m

Mission Details

MSTI 2

MSTI 2 (Miniature Sensor Technology Integration 2) was a US Department of Defense spacecraft launched from the Vandenberg AFB by a Scout-G1 rocket. It was the last of the now discontinued Scout series. The primary mission of MSTI 2 was to demonstrate theater ballistic missile (TBM) tracking and was intended to last for six months. It successfully spotted and locked onto a test Minuteman-3 launched from Vandenberg AFB. More than three million short wavelength infrared (SWIR) and medium wavelength infrared (MWIR) image frames were obtained during the mission.

MSTI 2 failed after 5 months in orbit, possibly due to a debris collision.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 163.0 kg
Polar Orbit

Location

SLC-5, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

1994

29th orbital launch attempt

Scout

99th mission
1st mission of 1994
86th successful mission
48th consecutive successful mission