A Minotaur IV rocket is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex-8 here Sept. 25 at 9:41 p.m. PDT.
The Minotaur IV will launch the Space-Based Space Surveillance satellite, a first-of-its-kind satellite that can detect and track orbiting space objects, including potential threats to our space assets and orbital debris. “This groundbreaking satellite is the first to track objects in space from space,” said Lt. Col. Tim Harris, 1st Air and Space Test Squadron commander. “The launch of the SBSS satellite continues a tradition of successful teaming between the 30th Space Wing and its launch customers.”
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