Also called P91 A & P91-2 and SIDEX
Launch data:
| Designation
|
23105
/ 94029A
|
|
Launch
date
|
19
May 1994
|
| Launch site | Ed, B-52, RW04/22 |
| Launch vehicle |
Pegasus HAPS (#5) |
| Mission | Military: technology |
| Earth orbit: |
|
Perigee/Apogee
|
604/818
km
|
|
Inclination
|
81.9°
|
|
Period
|
99
min
|
Partial failure
Operated by USAF and built by TRW from a lightstar Eagle platform. It will
study propagation of radio signals through the ionosphere; carries SIDEX, a
signal indentification experiment.
Specifications:
|
Prime
contractor
|
TRW
|
|
Platform
|
STEP
|
|
Mass
at launch
|
|
|
Mass
in orbit
|
|
|
Dimension
|
|
|
Solar
array
|
|
|
Stabilization
|
3-axis
|
|
DC
power
|
95
W
|
|
Design
lifetime
|
1
year
|
Mission:
- 710 pieces of debris were cataloged from the record debris
event, an accidental fragmentation of the Pegasus/HAPS rocket stage from
the 1994-029 launch.
Ref: #7(JR577), #15 - update: 08.10.07