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Northrop Grumman Space SystemsLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top SecretPegasus XL · TacRL-2
Launched 2021-06-13 08:11 UTCVandenberg Space Force Base, Air launch to orbit
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Worldwide
54th
orbital launch attempt in 2021
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
2nd
launch this year
Vandenberg Space Force Base
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
2907 d 5 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Launch Provider
Commercial · United States of America · Founded 2015 · CEO Kathy Warden
Northrup Grumman Space Systems designs, builds and delivers space, defence and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. They aquired Orbital ATK in 2018 along with its launchers and ongoing missions.
Launches
17
Successful
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Upcoming
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scheduled
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Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Launched
Cosmic_Penguin
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Updating T-0 and setting GO
Nosu
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NET June 13 based on navigational warnings
Nosu
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Adding launch TBD June
Nosu
Height
17.6m
Diameter
1.3m
To low Earth orbit
443kg
Liftoff thrust
580kN
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