NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

DART

Launch Time
Fri Apr 15, 2005 17:26 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

DART

DART, or Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology, was a NASA sponsored project with the goal to develop and demonstrate an automated navigation and rendezvous capability in a NASA spacecraft.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 360.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Stargazer, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

2005

14th orbital launch attempt

Pegasus

36th mission
1st mission of 2005
31st successful mission
22nd consecutive successful mission