LAUNCH CENTER
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Success
Thu Dec 15 2016
Orbital ATK
8 x CYGNSS
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(1:37 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(1:21 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(2:21 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Pegasus XLDescription:
The Pegasus is an air-launched rocket developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now part of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems). Capable of carrying small payloads of up to 443 kilograms (977 lb) into low Earth orbit, the vehicle consists of three solid propellant stages and an optional monopropellant fourth stage. Pegasus is released from its carrier aircraft at approximately 40,000 ft (12,000 m), and its first stage has a wing and a tail to provide lift and attitude control while in the atmosphere.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Earth Science
- CYGNSS or Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System is a NASA developed system to improve hurricane forecasting. It is a constellation of 8 small observation satellites, 27.5 kg each, that will make accurate measurements of ocean surface winds in and near the eye of the storm throughout the lifecycle of tropical cyclones, typhoons & hurricanes.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Air launch to orbit
Pad
Cape Canaveral