In orbitRocket body

PEGASUS R/B

NORAD: 27784
COSPAR: 2003-017B

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Spacecraft

Built by: Alliant (Hercules)
Owner: Orbital Sciences Corp./Chandler
Platform (bus): Orion 38
Mass at launch: 202 kg
Dry mass: 202 kg
Length: 1.4 m
Diameter: 1 m
Span with arrays and booms: 2 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S27784, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2003-04-28
Rocket: Pegasus XL
Flight: GALEX
Mission name: GALEX
Launch site: CC, RW30/12
Launched by: Orbital Sciences
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2003-017

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2003-017, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 2003-04-28
Period: 98.3 min
Inclination: 29.00°
Apogee: 680 km
Perigee: 673 km
Radar cross-section: 1.377 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

Everything from this launch

Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit