Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
GRB survey. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1996-061; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 4 November 1996, 17:08:56 UTC
- Launch location
- Wallops Island Main Base, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Chincoteague, Virginia
- Launch vehicle
- Pegasus XL
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Flight data
Launch intelligence
An Orbital ATK Pegasus rocket launched the HETE mission on Monday, November 4, 1996 at 5:08 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Orbital ATK
- Vehicle
- Pegasus
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1996-061
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Failure
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Nov 4, 1996, 17:08 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Nov 04 1996
- Pad and location
- Stargazer L-1011, Wallops Flight Facility
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 4 November 1996
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
HETE
GRB survey.
- GCAT ID
- S24645
- Manufacturer
- AeroAstro, Inc
- Launch mass
- 114 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.9 m long · 0.5 m diameter · 0.9 m span
SAC-B
X-ray background, failed.
- GCAT ID
- A05830
- Manufacturer
- Investigaciones Aplicads Sociedad del Estado (INVAP SE)
- Launch mass
- 190 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.8 m long · 0.6 m diameter · 0.8 m span
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