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MSTI 2 (Miniature Sensor Technology Integration 2) was a US
Department of Defense spacecraft launched from the Vandenberg
AFB by a Scout rocket. It was the last of the now discontinued
Scout series. ... The primary mission of MSTI 2 was to demonstrate
theater ballistic missible (TBM) tracking and was intended to
last for six months. It successfully spotted and locked onto a
test Minuteman-3 launched from Vandenberg AFB. More than three
million short wavelength infrared (SWIR) and medium wavelength
infrared (MWIR) image frames were obtained during the mission.

General Characteristics:

Launch date: May 9, 1994
Country of origin: United States
Perigee/Apogee: 411/427 km
Inclination: 97.1°
Period: 92.9 min
Launch vehicle Scout #118

End of Life:

Out of service: September 1994
Decay: November 28, 1998

Additional Resources: http://www.actgate.com/msti3/msti2.html

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