NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

SNOE & BATSAT

Launch Time
Thu Feb 26, 1998 07:07 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

SNOE

The Student Nitric Oxide Explorer (SNOE), also known as Explorer 72 and STEDI 1, was a small scientific satellite which studied the concentration of nitric oxide in the thermosphere.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 115.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Teledesic T1 (BATSAT)

A demonstration satellite for the Teledesic constellation, originally labeled Broadband Advanced Technologies Satellite ("BATSAT"), and later renamed "Teledesic T1." The satellite differed in size and design from the anticipated satellite for the final constellation, but was designed to support two-way communications at speeds up to E1 rates in the 28.6-to-29.1-GHz band.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 120.0 kg
Polar Orbit

Location

Stargazer, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Stats

1998

13th orbital launch attempt

Pegasus

20th mission
1st mission of 1998
15th successful mission
6th consecutive successful mission