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Minotaur 4 launches military satellites

Posted: Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 10:31 AM ET (1431 GMT)
A Minotaur 4 launched a mission for the Defense Department's Space Test Program Tuesday. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 7:33 am EDT (1133 GMT) on the STP-S29A mission. The primary payload was STPSat-7, carrying several Space Test Program experiments. Also on board were a pair of U.S. Army cubesats called Rawhide and several other cubesats.

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