FORTE
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
15:02:00
Friday August 29, 1997
Mission Details
FORTE (Fast On-orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events)
It utilizes optical sensors, RF sensors, and an "event classifier" in order to make observations, including monitoring Very High Frequency (VHF) lightning emissions in the ionosphere occurring from between 50 to 600 miles (80 to 966 km) above the surface of the Earth, and it will be a component of the VHF Global Lightning and Severe Storm Monitor (V-GLASS) system.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
210 kilograms
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
17th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 1997
1997
49th
Orbital launch attempt