(NET) Minotaur IV • STP-S29A

(NET) Minotaur IV • STP-S29A

A Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket will launch the STP-S29A mission for the U.S. Department of Defense as part of the DoD Space Test Program’s (STP) Rapid Agile Launch (RALI) Initiative and the Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP). Onboard is the ~200kg STPSat 7 satellite, which will carry 5 payloads for the Space Test Program. Alongside STPSat 7 will be several CubeSat rideshares from different universities and government institutions, namely AggieSat 6, ASTRA-HyRAX (Auburn Satellite Testbed for Research Activities with Hybrid Retrodirective Array for X-Band), Auris, MAMBO, MISR-C, MOCI, Rawhide, USNA16 and CANVAS & INCA 2 (both part of ELaNa 55). - Delayed from September 2024, September, December and Feb. 10.

📍 Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 8, SLC-8 Rd N, Lompoc, CA 93436, USA

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