Earth orbit
SWAS
Star formation studies.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Star formation studies. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1998-071; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 6 December 1998, 00:57:54 UTC
- Launch location
- Vandenberg AFB, California
- Launch vehicle
- Pegasus XL
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (inclined)
Flight data
Launch intelligence
An Orbital ATK Pegasus rocket launched the SWAS mission on Sunday, December 6, 1998 at 12:57 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Orbital ATK
- Vehicle
- Pegasus
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1998-071
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Dec 6, 1998, 00:57 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Dec 06 1998
- Pad and location
- Stargazer L-1011, Vandenberg SFB
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · August 2005?
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
SWAS
Star formation studies.
- GCAT ID
- S25560
- Manufacturer
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Launch mass
- 282 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.7 m long · 1 m diameter · 2 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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