Minisat 01 & Celestis 01
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
11:59:00
Monday April 21, 1997
Mission Details
Minisat 01
Minisat 01 was a Spanish space agency, Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial (INTA) minisatellite to test a low-cost multipurpose bus with a payload consisting of three experiments and a technology demonstrator.
1 Payload
195 kilograms
Celestis 01
Celestis is the first company to offer space burials. The Celestis payloads are small containers (CPAC, Celestis Payload Attached Container)
1 Payload
Rocket
Agency
NorthropPrice
$40.00 million
Rocket
Height: 17.6m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 443 kg
Liftoff Thrust
561 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 1.15m
Height: 2.13m
Stages
4
Launch Site
Stats
Pegasus
15th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1997
1997
19th
Orbital launch attempt