STP-1 Launch
On March 9, 2007, six satellites were launched into LEO on a shared Atlas V launch vehicle. The satellites were:
- Orbital Express: ASTRO and NextSat, (DARPA)
- MidSTAR-1, (United States Naval Academy)
- FalconSat3, (United States Air Force Academy)
- STPSat 1, USAF's Space Test Program
- CFESat, (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
The satellites shared the launcher through use of an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA). United Launch Alliance provided a video feed of the launch.
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