NASA's Space Technology 5 (ST5) mission, deploying three small satellites to demonstrate nanosat constellation hardware including a cold-gas microthruster and miniaturized telemetry systems, with magnetospheric science as a secondary objective.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 115 kg
- Flight
- 22nd
- of 31 Pegasus XL flights
- Date and time
- 22 March 2006, 14:03 UTC
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL
- Builder
- OSC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg Space Force Base, Air launch to orbit
- Payload
- Test Flight
- International designator
- 2006-008
- Launches in 2006
- 8th of 66
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
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