flown missionSuccess
Taurus 1110 | MTI
Orbital Sciences CorporationSpace Launch Complex 576E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- MTI
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Polar Orbit (PO)
The primary objective of MTI (Multispectral Thermal Imager) was to demonstrate advanced multispectral and thermal imaging, image processing, and associated technologies that could be used in future systems for detecting and characterizing facilities producing weapons of mass destruction using radiometrically accurate, high spatial resolution, multispectral imaging.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Minotaur-C 1110
- Family
- Minotaur
- Variant
- 1110
- Provider
- Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 576E
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 34.7394, -120.6192