Orbital Sciences' Pegasus XL air-launched NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) over the Atlantic from an L-1011 carrier aircraft. The ultraviolet space telescope went on to survey a million galaxies across 10 billion years of cosmic history.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 280 kg
- Flight
- 18th
- of 31 Pegasus XL flights
- Date and time
- 28 April 2003, 11:59 UTC
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL
- Builder
- OSC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral, Air launch to orbit
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 2003-017
- Launches in 2003
- 17th of 63
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
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