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STEP-4

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

13:13:00

Wednesday October 22, 1997

Mission Details

Rocket

Pegasus XL rocket by Northrop Grumman

Active

Active Since 1994

Agency

Price

$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

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Fastest Turnaround

51 days 12 hours

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Fastest Turnaround

51 days 12 hours

Stats

Pegasus

18th

Mission

4th

Mission of 1997

1997

65th

Orbital launch attempt