NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

HETE 2

Launch Time
Mon Oct 09, 2000 05:38 UTC

Rocket

Pegasus
Northrop
Status: Retired
Price: $40.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 487 kN
Payload to LEO: 375 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 16.9 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.15 m
Fairing Height: 2.13 m

Mission Details

HETE 2

The High Energy Transient Explorer (HETE) was an American astronomical satellite with international participation (mainly Japan and France). The prime objective of HETE was to carry out the first multiwavelength study of gamma-ray bursts with UV, X-ray, and gamma-ray instruments mounted on a single, compact spacecraft.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 128.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Stargazer, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Marshall Islands

Stats

2000

63rd orbital launch attempt

Pegasus

30th mission
2nd mission of 2000
25th successful mission
16th consecutive successful mission