VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) -- Members from the 30th Space Wing here launched the first Minotaur IV Lite launch vehicle at 4 p.m. April 22 here.
The rocket carried the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2.
The Minotaur family of launch vehicles are provided by the Orbital/Suborbital Program 2 and managed by officials from the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Space Development and Test Wing's Launch Test Squadron located at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.
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Friday, April 23, 2010
First Minotaur IV Lite launches from Vandenberg
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