Maiden flight of the Minotaur V, derived from the retired Peacekeeper ICBM, launching NASA's LADEE spacecraft from Wallops Flight Facility toward the Moon to study the lunar exosphere and dust environment, the first lunar launch from that site.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LO
- Lunar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 383 kg
- Flight
- 1st
- Only Minotaur V flight
- Date and time
- 7 September 2013, 03:27 UTC
- Rocket
- Minotaur V
- Builder
- OSC
- Launch site
- Launch Area 0 B, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 2013-047
- Launches in 2013
- 49th of 81
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