Pegasus XL | Odyssey (TacRL-2)

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Northrop Grumman Space Systems (Commercial)
• Rocket: Pegasus XL — Pegasus family

Mission

Payload for the US Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Launch program. It is a space domain awareness satellite that was procured under the Space Force's responsive launch program. The spacecraft was built in under a year and the launch provider was given three weeks of notice for the launch.

• Type: Government/Top Secret
• Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Vandenberg Space Force Base
• Location: Air launch to orbit
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