Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
UV sky survey. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2003-017; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 28 April 2003, 11:59:57 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Pegasus XL
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (inclined)
Flight data
Launch intelligence
An Orbital ATK Pegasus rocket launched the GALEX mission on Monday, April 28, 2003 at 11:59 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Orbital ATK
- Vehicle
- Pegasus
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2003-017
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Apr 28, 2003, 11:59 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Apr 28 2003
- Pad and location
- Stargazer L-1011, Cape Canaveral SFS
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 28 June 2013
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
GALEX
UV sky survey.
- GCAT ID
- S27783
- Manufacturer
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Launch mass
- 280 kg
- Dimensions
- 2 m long · 1.1 m diameter · 2.8 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
0 images from GALEX.
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Verification
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