Pegasus XL | ST-5 FWD
Status: Success | Launched: Mar 22, 2006 14:03 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: Orbital Sciences Corporation (Commercial)
- Rocket: Pegasus XL — Pegasus family
Mission
NASA's three micro-sats were launched to test and validate new technologies for future science missions. ST5's objective was to demonstrate and flight qualify several innovative technologies and concepts for application to future space missions.
- Type: Test Flight
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Vandenberg Space Force Base
- Location: Air launch to orbit
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