Minotaur IV | EWS OD-1

Name: Minotaur IV | EWS OD-1
Start: 2027-06-30T00:00:00Z
End: 2027-06-30T00:00:00Z
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

TO BE DETERMINED

> T-MINUS (NET)

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Target time only (NET — no earlier than). This launch is not yet confirmed and may slip.

> MISSION DATA

DATEWednesday, June 30, 2027

TIME12:00 AM UTC

PROVIDERNorthrop Grumman Space Systems

ROCKETMinotaur IV

PADSpace Launch Complex 8

LOCATIONVandenberg SFB, CA, USA

ORBITSun-Synchronous Orbit

> MISSION BRIEFING // EARTH SCIENCE

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.

> SCHEDULE & SOURCE

Source-reported status: To Be Determined. Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.

Launch window: 2027-06-30 00:00:00 UTC — 2027-06-30 00:00:00 UTC.

Dates and windows may change. Passing the scheduled time does not confirm a launch outcome.

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