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GALEX launch timeline SPACEFLIGHT NOW Updated: April 24, 2003
Data source: Orbital Sciences |
Flight data file Vehicle: Pegasus XL Payload: GALEX Launch date: April 28, 2003 Launch window: 7:50-9:50 a.m. EDT (1150-1350 GMT) Mission staging site: Cape Canaveral, Florida Satellite broadcast: AMC 2, Transponder 9, C-band Pre-launch briefing Mission preview - Our story providing an overview of this launch. Launch timeline - Chart with times and descriptions of events to occur during the launch. GALEX spacecraft - A technical look at the Galaxy Evolution Explorer. Telescope - Description of the telescope at the heart of GALEX. Science goals - A look at the GALEX mission objectives. Galaxies - Article on why study how galaxies form. Pegasus XL rocket - Overview of this air-launched rocket. Pegasus directory - See our coverage of previous Pegasus rocket flights. Get e-mail updates Sign up for our NewsAlert service and have the latest news in astronomy and space e-mailed direct to your desktop (privacy note: your e-mail address will not be used for any other purpose). Liberty Bell 7 Lost Spacecraft - the Search for Liberty Bell 7 describes the exploration of two unique and dangerous environments - space and underwater - in the recovery of Gus Grissom's Mercury capsule. |
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