New Millennium Mission Still Slated For March 14

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The Pegasus XL rocket sits inside Orbital Sciences' Building 1555 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., after being mated with the Space Technology 5 satellites. Image credit: NASA.

by Staff Writers
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) March 6, 2006
NASA's Pegasus booster has been mated to its Space Technology mission 5, or ST5, payload combination in preparation to be moved from the hangar to the runway, and the rocket's Lockheed L-1011 carrier aircraft arrived at Vandenberg Monday.

The ST5 project involves the launch of three micro-satellites, or micro-sats, intended to collect data from their precise orbits on Earth's magnetic field. The mission is scheduled to operate for at least 90 days.

The Pegasus/ST5 combination is scheduled to be transported to the Vandenberg runway and mated to the L-1011 on Friday. An integrated launch vehicle/spacecraft combined systems test and an ST5 state-of-health check is scheduled for March 11, and the launch is planned for March 14.

The ST5 Project is a part of NASA's New Millennium program, created to "identify, develop, build, and test innovative technologies and concepts for use in future missions," the space agency said in a statement.

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