Taurus rocket (Minotaur-C) launched Korea's first Earth observation satellite KOMPSAT-1 along with NASA's ACRIMSAT solar-irradiance monitor and a Celestis memorial spaceflight payload from Vandenberg, placing both primary satellites into a roughly 700 km sun-synchronous orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 655 kg
- Flight
- 1st
- of 2 Minotaur-C 2110 flights
- Date and time
- 21 December 1999, 07:13 UTC
- Rocket
- Minotaur-C 2110
- Builder
- OSC
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1999-070
- Launches in 1999
- 75th of 78
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