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1994 · United States Air Force

MSTI-2

successScout G-1 | MSTI-2

MSTI 2 (Miniature Sensor Technology Integration 2) was a US Department of Defense spacecraft launched from the Vandenberg AFB by a Scout-G1 rocket. It was the last of the now discontinued Scout series. The primary mission of MSTI 2 was to demonstrate theater ballistic missile (TBM) tracking and was intended to last for six months. It successfully spotted and locked onto a test Minuteman-3 launched from Vandenberg AFB. More than three million short wavelength infrared (SWIR) and medium wavelength infrared (MWIR) image frames were obtained during the mission.

Overview

Date / time
May 9, 1994 at 02:47 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 5
Mission
MSTI-2
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Scout G-1 →
Launch provider
United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

MSTI 2
LEO