Status
Success
SNOE & BATSAT
Launch Time
Thu Feb 26, 1998 07:07 UTC
Thu Feb 26, 1998 07:07 UTC
Rocket
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