NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

FAST

Launch Time
Wed Aug 21, 1996 09:47 UTC

Rocket

Pegasus XL
Northrop
Status: Active
Price: $40.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 561 kN
Payload to LEO: 443 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 17.6 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.15 m
Fairing Height: 2.13 m

Mission Details

FAST (Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer)

FAST was designed to observe and measure the plasma physics of the auroral phenomena which occur around both of Earth's poles. While its Electric Field Experiment failed around 2002, all other instruments continued to operate normally until science operations were ended on May 1, 2009.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 191.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Stargazer, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

1996

53rd orbital launch attempt

Pegasus

13th mission
4th mission of 1996
9th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission