Minotaur 1(TacSat 3)

"A Minotaur rocket with a low-cost, high-tech demonstration satellite was launched from the eastern coast of Virginia at 7:55 p.m. EDT this evening"
- Space Flight Now
(http://spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/tacsat3/status.html)

"WALLOPS ISLAND, VIRGINIA NASA'S Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia was the site of the launch of an Air Force Minotaur I rocket carrying the Air Force Research Laboratorys TacSat-3 satellite and two secondary payloads.

The TacSat-3 launch was the third Minotaur vehicle launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceports launch pad 0B on the southern end of Wallops Island. The launch was seen throughout the mid-Atlantic area.

The two secondary payloads are NASAs PharmaSat microsatellite, developed at the Ames Research Center in California, and NASAs CubeSat Technology Demonstration experiments, which includes three four-inch cubed satellites, developed by universities and industry.

Air Force Space Commands Space and Missile Systems Centers Space Development and Test Wing at Kirtland AFB, N.M., has overall management of the mission.

The back-up launch days for this mission are May 6 through 9.

Information about the TacSat-3/Minotaur 1 mission is available on the Internet at: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/events/index.html"

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Minotaur
• TacSat
• TacSat3
• Wallops
• Flight
• Facility
• Launch
• Rocket

[Spoif]

Julian day 139= May 19th. TacSat-3 Mission 8.

[hubergeek]

nice

[kawasakikx250ff]

lol lets put some explosives in that an send it to iraq :)

[gitstoopid]

i watched it

[tonyveltre]

You go boy. I am so excited!!!

[fffeeerrr06]

Great Job! Go Beach!

[ammochief2]

Great!!

Sure beats the last one from WFF

[swisscowUSA]

GO FD

[komusosurfer]

Great Going DAVE!!!