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Pegasus XL | ST-5 FWD

ST-5 FWD

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 22 Mar 2006, 02:03 pm UTC

Rocket: Pegasus XL (Pegasus)

Provider: Orbital Sciences Corporation

Mission

Type: Test Flight

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: Vandenberg Space Force Base, Air launch to orbit

Mission Description

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.