SNOE & BATSAT

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

07:07:00 AM

Thursday February 26, 1998

Mission Details

Teledesic T1 (BATSAT)

Wiki

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.

Polar Orbit

1 Payload

120 kilograms

SNOE

Wiki

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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

115 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Pegasus XL

Active Since 1994

Northrop Grumman logo

Agency

Northrop

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

Stargazer

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Fastest Turnaround

51 days 12 hours

Stats

Pegasus


20th

Mission

1st

Mission of 1998

1998


13th

Orbital launch attempt