SCISAT-1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

02:09:00

Wednesday August 13, 2003

Mission Details

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

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

260 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

35th

Mission

4th

Mission of 2003

2003

36th

Orbital launch attempt