The Peacekeeper rocket motors used on Wednesday’s launch were filled with pre-packed solid fuel between 1988 and 1990, then placed on alert in missile silos for 15 years until the military decommissioned the Peacekeeper in 2005, according to Col. Robert Bongiovi, director of the launch enterprise division at the Space and Missile Systems Center. https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/ ... atellites-in-orbit/
2020年7月15日21:46，NROL-129由Minotaur 4自Wallops发射
这枚火箭的1-3级已经在发射井和仓库里存放超过30年了，，，
The Peacekeeper rocket motors used on Wednesday’s launch were filled with
pre-packed solid fuel between 1988 and 1990, then placed on alert in missile silos for 15 years until the military decommissioned the Peacekeeper in
2005, according to Col. Robert Bongiovi, director of the launch enterprise
division at the Space and Missile Systems Center.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/ ... atellites-in-orbit/
这火箭的岁数可能比坛子里很多人年纪都大呢。
话说这种火箭质保期多久啊？30年已经感觉非常非常长了.........