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STP-S29A
SUCCESS
07 APR 2026, 11:33 UTC
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE SYSTEMS
Launch record
Outcome
Success
Launched 07 Apr 2026, 11:33 UTC
Launch time
11:33 UTC
07 Apr 2026
Status
Success
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Window
11:30 UTC–16:30
UTC
Launch provider
Northrop Grumman Space SystemsRocket
Minotaur IVPad
Space Launch Complex 8Location
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAMission type
TechnologyOrbit
Low Earth OrbitOrbital launch of the year
#79Northrop Grumman Space Systems launch of the year
#1Launch from this pad
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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.
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Last updated 29 Sept 2026