Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
12:27:00
Wednesday April 24, 1996
The Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) is a Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) satellite experiment (unmanned space mission) to map bright infrared sources in space. MSX offered the first system demonstration of technology in space to identify and track ballistic missiles during their midcourse flight phase.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
2,700 kilograms
Agency
BoeingRocket
Height: 38.9m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 4,800 kg
Liftoff Thrust
3,511 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3m
Height: 8.9m
Stages
2
Strap-ons
9
49th
Mission
5th
Mission of 1996
25th
Orbital launch attempt