Risk management challenges of multi-payload launch missions executed by the DoD Space Test Program

The DoD Space Test Program (STP) is the primary space-flight provider for the entire Department of Defense (DoD) space science and technology community. ¹²STP supports the pursuit of basic science potentially beneficial to the DoD, and the reduction of mission risks inherent in technology transformation with respect to space control, communications, geolocation, situational awareness, surveillance and weather.