Pegasus XL | Fast On-orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events (FORTE) launch

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Fast On‑orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events

Name: Pegasus XL | Fast On-orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events (FORTE)
Start: 1997-08-29T15:02:22Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 10E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pegasus XL · FORTE

Launched Fri, Aug 29 · 3:02:22 PM UTC1997-08-29 15:02:22 UTCSpace Launch Complex 10E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Reached orbit

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Success

Reached Orbit

Worldwide

49th

orbital launch attempt in 1997

Orbital Sciences Corporation

3rd

launch this year

Space Launch Complex 10E

1st

launch from this pad this year

Launch Provider

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Commercial · United States of America

Launches

Successful

90%

Upcoming

scheduled

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Pegasus XL

Vehicle history

Height

17.6m

Diameter

1.3m

To low Earth orbit

443kg

Liftoff thrust

580kN

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Orbital Sciences CorporationLaunch Successful

Fast On‑orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events

Pegasus XL · FORTE

Launched Fri, Aug 29 · 3:02:22 PM UTC1997-08-29 15:02:22 UTCSpace Launch Complex 10E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Reached orbit

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Success

Reached Orbit

Worldwide

49th

orbital launch attempt in 1997

Orbital Sciences Corporation

3rd

launch this year

Space Launch Complex 10E

1st

launch from this pad this year

Launch Provider

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Commercial · United States of America

Launches

Successful

90%

Upcoming

scheduled

All Orbital Sciences Corporation launches Website Wikipedia

Pegasus XL

Vehicle history

Height

17.6m

Diameter

1.3m

To low Earth orbit

443kg

Liftoff thrust

580kN

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Fast On‑orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events

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Pegasus XL

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Fast On‑orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Pegasus XL

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