Team Vandenberg launched the first Minotaur IV Lite launch vehicle at 4 p.m. April 22 from Space Launch Complex-8 here.
The rocket launched the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2.
The 30th Space Wing commander, Col. David Buck, was the launch decision authority.
The Minotaur family of launch vehicles are provided via the Orbital/Suborbital Program 2 and managed by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Space Development and Test Wing’s Launch Test Squadron located at Kirtland AFB, N.M.
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