NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

SWAS

Launch Time
Sun Dec 06, 1998 00:57 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

Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS)

SWAS was designed to study the composition and structure of interstellar clouds and investigate the processes of stellar and planetary formation. Its sole instrument is a telescope operating in the submillimeter wavelengths of far infrared and microwave radiation.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 288.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Stargazer, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

1998

76th orbital launch attempt

Pegasus

25th mission
6th mission of 1998
20th successful mission
11th consecutive successful mission