NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

TSX-5

Launch Time
Wed Jun 07, 2000 13:19 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

TSX-5

TSX 5 (Tri-Service eXperiments 5) it carried a compact environmental anomaly sensor (CEASE) to probe the near-spacecraft environment. Also on board were the STRV-2 and MWIR instruments: the former to experiment with laser communications between spacecraft and the latter to provide infrared images of flying aircraft.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 250.0 kg

Location

Stargazer, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

2000

32nd orbital launch attempt

Pegasus

29th mission
1st mission of 2000
24th successful mission
15th consecutive successful mission