Mission record

Minotaur I | XSS-11

Minotaur I· Space Launch Complex 8· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Test Flight
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:35:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4705 ever

Mission

USA-165 or XSS-11 (Experimental Satellite System-11) is a small, washing-machine-sized, low-cost spacecraft developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate to test technology for proximity operations.

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