Minotaur 1 launch from 120 miles NW of pad (details)

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  Date: December 16, 2006 0700 EST
  Launch Location: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport - Wallops Island, VA
  Video Location: Rockville, MD
  Booster: 4 stage, decommissioned USAF Minuteman missle
  Payload: TacSat 2, GeneSat, 11 other experiments
  Orbit: 255 miles at 40 degrees inclination
 
 

 

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