NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

COSMIC (FORMOSAT-3)

Launch Time
Sat Apr 15, 2006 01:40 UTC

Rocket

Minotaur I
Image Credit: Northrop Grumman
Northrop
Status: Active
Price: $40.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 935 kN
Payload to LEO: 580 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 19.21 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.27 m
Fairing Height: 3.79 m

Mission Details

COSMIC (FORMOSAT-3)

Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) is a program designed to provide advances in meteorology, ionospheric research, climatology, and space weather by using GPS satellites in conjunction with low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites.

Payloads: 6
Total Mass: 70.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-8, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

2006

12th orbital launch attempt

Minotaur I

5th mission
1st mission of 2006
5th successful mission