Pegasus XL | Odyssey (TacRL-2)
Launch Successful
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June 13, 2021, 8:11 a.m.
Launch Window
June 13, 2021, 7:39 a.m. - June 13, 2021, 8:55 a.m.
June 13, 2021, 7:39 a.m. - June 13, 2021, 8:55 a.m.
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.
Launch success.
Launched
Updating T-0 and setting GO
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