NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

C/NOFS

Launch Time
Wed Apr 16, 2008 17:02 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

C/NOFS

Communications/Navigation Outage Forecasting System was an American satellite developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate to investigate and forecast scintillations in the Earth's ionosphere.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 395.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Stargazer, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Marshall Islands

Stats

2008

17th orbital launch attempt

Pegasus

39th mission
1st mission of 2008
34th successful mission
25th consecutive successful mission