NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

SCISAT-1

Launch Time
Wed Aug 13, 2003 02:09 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

SCISAT-1

SCISAT-1 is a Canadian satellite designed to make observations of the Earth's atmosphere. Its main instruments are an optical Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, the ACE-FTS Instrument, and an ultraviolet

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 260.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Stargazer, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

2003

36th orbital launch attempt

Pegasus

35th mission
4th mission of 2003
30th successful mission
21st consecutive successful mission