SWAS
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
00:57:00
Sunday December 6, 1998
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.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
288 kilograms
Rocket
Agency
NorthropPrice
$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
Stats
Pegasus
25th
Mission
6th
Mission of 1998
1998
76th
Orbital launch attempt