A Pegasus XL/HAPS air-launched from an L-1011 off Wallops Island deployed seven Orbcomm store-and-forward communications satellites, FM30 through FM36, into low Earth orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 308 kg
- Flight
- 5th
- of 5 Pegasus XL HAPS flights
- Date and time
- 4 December 1999, 18:53 UTC
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL HAPS
- Builder
- OSC
- Launch site
- Wallops Flight Facility, Air launch to orbit
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 1999-065
- Launches in 1999
- 69th of 78
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