Minotaur | STEP 0 & DARPASAT

STEP 0 (Space Test Experiment Platform 0) was a technology demonstration satellite flown under the Space Test Program (STP). DARPASAT (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Satellite) was designed to demonstrate advanced technology. Ball Aerospace designed, fabricated, integrated, and tested the spacecraft bus, and integrated two government-supplied payloads.

Mission type: Communications · Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Rocket: Minotaur · Provider: Orbital Sciences Corporation