STP-S29A

Liftoff Time

No Earlier Than December, 2025

Mission Details

STP-S29A

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.

Low Earth Orbit

Rocket

Active
Minotaur IV

Active Since 2010

Northrop Grumman logo

Agency

Northrop

Price

$46.00 million

Rocket

Height: 23.88m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 1,735 kg

Liftoff Thrust

2,200 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 2.34m

Height: 6.4m

Stages

4

Launch Site

SLC-8

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

133 days 7 hours