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Minotaur IV | STP-S29A
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Minotaur IV | STP-S29A

LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL

> MISSION DATA

DATETuesday, April 7, 2026
TIME11:33 AM UTC
PROVIDERNorthrop Grumman Space Systems
ROCKETMinotaur IV
PADSpace Launch Complex 8
LOCATIONVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
ORBITLow Earth Orbit

> MISSION BRIEFING // TECHNOLOGY

STP-S29A is a mission under the U.S. Department of Defense's Space Test Program (STP) that will deliver technology demonstrations to orbit and contribute to future space system development, with this launch delivering up to 200 kg of STP cubesats to Low Earth Orbit. The main payload will be STPSat-7, an ESPA class satellite based on the Aegis Aerospace M-1 satellite bus used on the STPSat-4 mission for hosting research and technology demonstration payloads for the Department of Defense (DoD). One of the payload is U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Lightsheet Anomaly Resolution and Debris Observation (LARADO) instrument, used to detect and characterize lethal non-trackable orbital debris with lasers in orbit.

> SCHEDULE & SOURCE

Source-reported status: Launch Successful. The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Launch window: 2026-04-07 11:30:00 UTC — 2026-04-07 16:30:00 UTC.

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

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