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Taurus Mission History

Flight #

Launch Date

Vehicle

Payload

Result

1 March 13, 1994 ARPA Taurus
 
 
STEP Mission 0 & DARPASAT Success
2 February 10, 1998 Commercial Taurus, 92" payload fairing and 63" dual payload attach fitting GFO & ORBCOMM
(Satellites 11,12)
Success
3 October 3, 1998 Air Force Taurus Configuration,
63" fairing, Peacekeeper Stage 0
Space Technology Experiment (STEX) for National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Success
4 December 20, 1999 Model 2110, 63" fairing,
Castor 120 Stage 0
 
KOMPSAT and ACRIMSAT Success
5 March 12, 2000 Air Force Taurus Configuration,
63" fairing, Peacekeeper Stage 0
Multispectral Thermal Imager (MTI) Success
6 September 21, 2001 Model 2110, 63" fairing
Castor 120 Stage 0
 
Orbview-4/QuickTOMS Failure
7 May 20, 2004 Model 3210, 92" faring,
Castor 120 Stage 0
 
ROCSAT-2 Success
8 February 24, 2009 Model 3110, 63" faring,
Castor 120 Stage 0
 
OCO Failure
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