Launch Overview
Vehicle
Pegasus XL
Agency
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Site / Pad
VSFB / RW30/12
Outcome
Success
Flight
F45 /XS053
COSPAR Designator
2021-051
Mission
Odyssey (TacRL-2) (Government/Top Secret)
Payload for the US Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Launch program. It is a space domain awareness satellite that was procured under the Space Force's responsive launch program. The spacecraft was built in under a year and the launch provider was given three weeks of notice for the launch.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Pegasus XL
Provider
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Agency launches
9 (2 YTD)
Site launches
47 (2 YTD)
Pad launches
22 (1 YTD)