{"data":{"id":"ca4fc7a6-fa84-47f7-89f7-dcf299665817","name":"Minotaur IV | STP-S29A","net":"2026-04-07T11:33:00Z","status":"SUCCESS","provider":"Northrop Grumman Space Systems","vehicle":"Minotaur IV","mission_name":"STP-S29A","mission_type":"Technology","orbit_target":"Low Earth Orbit","customer":"United States Departement of Defense","webcast_url":null,"image_url":"https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/minotaur_iv_lau_image_20240307170209.jpeg","description":"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.\r\n\r\nThe 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.","associated_norad_ids":[],"pad":{"id":8,"name":"Space Launch Complex 8","latitude":34.57635,"longitude":-120.63245,"country":"USA","operator":"Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA","url":"https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/8/"},"updated_at":"2026-05-25T13:38:58.900371Z"}}