Orbital Sciences CorporationPegasus XLKwajalein Atoll, Air launch to orbit
Communications/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS)
Launched
April 16, 2008 · 17:02 UTC
Image: NASA/Laurie Losey
Summary
C/NOFS launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL from Kwajalein Atoll, Air launch to orbit on April 16, 2008 at 17:02 UTC. It was Orbital Sciences Corporation's 54th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,902nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 25th Pegasus XL flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). C/NOFS, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 413 × 860 km orbit inclined 13.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Pegasus XL · Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Heliophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 25th Pegasus XL flight · 1st this yearOrbital Sciences Corporation's 54th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,902nd orbital launch attempt17th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
C/NOFS · NORAD 32765 · 2008-017 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- C/NOFS
- Object ID
- 2008-017A
- Epoch
- 2008-04-16 20:06:13 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.80090821 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0318899
- Inclination
- 13.0005°
- Ascending node
- 216.0133°
- Arg. of perigee
- 71.3487°
- Mean anomaly
- 292.1102°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0.0001
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- C/NOFS · NORAD 32765 · re-entered November 28, 2015
Pegasus F39 Stage 3 · re-entered October 13, 2022
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System was a US Air Force research satellite that studied ionospheric plasma irregularities near the equator in order to forecast disruptions to radio communications and satellite navigation.
Pad
Kwajalein Atoll, Air launch to orbit
2nd launch from Kwajalein Atoll, 1st this year · 39th from Air launch to orbit
5 launches from this pad · 52 from Air launch to orbit
about 8 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did C/NOFS launch?
C/NOFS launched on April 16, 2008 at 17:02 UTC.
Where can I watch C/NOFS?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched C/NOFS?
Pegasus XL, flown by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Pegasus XL spec sheet
Where did C/NOFS launch from?
Kwajalein Atoll, Air launch to orbit.
What orbit did C/NOFS reach?
C/NOFS, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 413 × 860 km orbit inclined 13.0°.
How many satellites did C/NOFS launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).