ORBI's tentative launch schedule.
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1998 Space Schedule
NOTE: All launch dates presented here are more or less unofficial target dates and are very subject to frequent changes. In other words, don't plan your vacation around a launch date seen here. If you know of any updates or additions to this schedule, please let us know. Recent changes are in bold.
Last Updated: March 20, 1998
April 1: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL with NASA's Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) solar science satellite staged from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., during a launch window of 9:37 to 9:44 p.m. EST (0237-0244 GMT); drop expected at 9:40 p.m.
April 28: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL with ORBCOMM-2 mission (8 comsats) staged from Wallops Flight Facility, Va. Launch Time TBD.
June 5: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL with ORBCOMM-3 mission of (8 comsats) staged from Wallops Flight Facility, Va. Launch Time TBD.
June: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL with Brazil's SCD-2 spacecraft staged from Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla. Launch Time TBD.
Aug. 5: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL with the Tomographic Experiment using Radiative Recombinative Ionospheric EUV and Radio Sources (TERRIERS) and the Multiple Beam Beyond Line-of-sight Communications (MUBLCOM) satellites staged from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch Time TBD.
Sept. 15: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL with NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) science satellite staged from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch Time approximately 6:30 p.m. EST.
Sept. 24: Orbital Sciences Taurus with the Sensor Technology Experiment (STEX) spacecraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch Time TBD.
Nov. 1: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL with the Tri-Service Experiments Mission 5 (TSX-5) spacecraft for the U.S. Department of Defense staged from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Time TBD. |
