Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
12:00:00
Saturday December 16, 2006
Watch Replay
Official Livestream
The TacSat series of experimental spacecraft are designed to allow military commanders on a battlefield to request and obtain imagery and other data from a satellite as it passes overhead. Collected data will be delivered to field commanders in minutes rather than hours or days. The sensor on TacSat-2 could collect color images sharp enough to distinguish ground objects as small as 1 meter in diameter.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
370 kilograms
GeneSat-1 is a fully automated, CubeSat spaceflight system that provides life support for bacteria.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
5 kilograms
Agency
NorthropPrice
$40.00 million
Rocket
Height: 19.21m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 580 kg
Liftoff Thrust
935 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 1.27m
Height: 3.79m
Stages
4
6th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2006
61st
Orbital launch attempt