NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

ST-5

Launch Time
Wed Mar 22, 2006 14:03 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

ST-5

Space Technology 5 (ST5) of the NASA New Millennium program is a test of ten new technologies aboard a group of microsatellites.

Total Mass: 25.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Stargazer, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

2006

8th orbital launch attempt

Pegasus

37th mission
1st mission of 2006
32nd successful mission
23rd consecutive successful mission