OrbView-3

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

18:53:00

Thursday June 26, 2003

Mission Details

Built for Orbital Imaging Corporation (ORBIMAGE), OrbView-3 supplies high-resolution imagery of the Earth. The satellite carries a camera that takes one-meter resolution panchromatic (black-and-white) and four-meter resolution multispectral (color and infrared) images of the entire planet.

304 kilograms

Rocket

Active

Pegasus XL

Active Since 1994

Agency

Northrop

Price

$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

Stargazer

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

46 days 5 hours

Stargazer

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

46 days 5 hours

Stats

Pegasus

34th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2003

2003

30th

Orbital launch attempt