Minotaur IV | EWS OD-1

Earth Science

Time to liftoff

Date unconfirmed

Target Window

Unconfirmed

Exact time to be confirmed

Net Precision

Year Half 1

— Mission

EWS OD-1

Sun-Synchronous Orbit· SSO

The Electro-Optical/Infrared Weather System (EWS) Operational Demonstration-1 (OD-1) is a weather satellite for the United States Space Force. It is a prototype satellite made by General Atomics that will be place in LEO for a three-year demonstration mission of new EO/IR sensor technologies to various US military branches, and to act as a stop-gap for Defense Department needs for weather data.

— Rocket

Minotaur

Minotaur IV

The Minotaur IV launch system is derived from the Peacekeeper ICBM. The first three stages are taken directly from decommissioned Peacekeeper missiles. A fourth stage, the Orion-38, is taken from the Pegasus family of air-launched rockets.

Length: 23.9 m
Diameter: 2.35 m
Launch Mass: 86 t
LEO Capacity: 1,735 kg
GTO Capacity: 0 kg
Maiden Flight: 2010

Launches

— Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 8

Vandenberg SFB, CA

Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC-8), is a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United States. It is used by Minotaur rockets. It was originally part of the California Spaceport, and was known as the Commercial Launch Facility (CLF) or Space Launch Facility (SLF).

Latitude

34.5763°

Longitude

-120.6325°

Pad Launches

Timezone

America/Los_Angeles

— Launch Provider

Commercial

Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Est. 2015 · CEO: Kathy Warden

Northrup Grumman Space Systems designs, builds and delivers space, defence and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. They aquired Orbital ATK in 2018 along with its launchers and ongoing missions.

Total

Success

Pending