In orbitRocket body

HAPS R/B

NORAD: 37229
COSPAR: 2010-062H

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Spacecraft

Built by: Orbital Sciences Corp./Chandler
Owner: US Air Force Space and Missile Center
Platform (bus): HAPS
Mass at launch: 478 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 386 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Total mass with attached parts: 386 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 1.8 m
Diameter: 1 m
Span with arrays and booms: 2.1 m
Shape: Cyl + Truss

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S37229, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2010-11-20
Rocket: Minotaur IV H
Flight: STP S26
Mission name: STP-SIV
Launch site: KLC, LP1
Launched by: USAF Space and Missile Center, Rocket Systems Launch Program
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2010-062

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2010-062, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 2010-11-20
Period: 111.9 min
Inclination: 72.02°
Apogee: 1,422 km
Perigee: 1,207 km

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: MINOTAUR 4 R/B (NORAD 37228)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 6

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Payload10 in total, 9 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 2 still in orbit