A Pegasus rocket will send 3 satellites as part of the Space Technology 5 mission into orbit this morning. Mission Homepage http://nmp.nasa.gov/st5/index.html The satellites are 53 cm across, and 48 cm high. They have three sides covered with solar panels. They will be spinning as they orbit the earth. They will be placed into a approx 300 by 4500 km orbit with a inclination of 105 degrees. The launch can be viewed on Nasa TV http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html The launch window is from 13:57:31 to 15:19:50 UTC ( Mar 15 ) Drop time is estimated at 14:02 UTC Kevin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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