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9 October 2000, 05:38 UTC

High Energy Transient Explorer 2 (HETE-2)

Pegasus HybridAir launch to orbit
Drawing of the Pegasus Hybrid for High Energy Transient Explorer 2 (HETE-2)

Air-launched from Orbital Sciences' L-1011 over Kwajalein, the Pegasus H boosted NASA's HETE-2 gamma-ray burst observatory, rebuilt from spare parts after the original HETE was lost on a 1996 Pegasus failure.

Outcome
Success
Payload to orbit
124 kg
Flight
4th
of 4 Pegasus Hybrid flights
Date and time
9 October 2000, 05:38 UTC
Builder
OSC
Launch site
Kwajalein Atoll, Air launch to orbit
Payload
Unknown
International designator
2000-061
Launches in 2000
63rd of 85

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