Pegasus XL/HAPS, on the type's debut flight, air-launched from an L-1011 out of Wallops Island and deployed eight Orbcomm store-and-forward messaging satellites (FM5-FM12) into low Earth orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 336 kg
- Flight
- 1st
- of 5 Pegasus XL HAPS flights
- Date and time
- 23 December 1997, 19:11 UTC
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL HAPS
- Builder
- OSC
- Launch site
- Wallops Flight Facility, Air launch to orbit
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 1997-084
- Launches in 1997
- 87th of 89
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