launched fromUSA

GALEX

Name: GALEX
Start: 2003-04-28T12:00:00Z
Location: Vandenberg

Success

APR 28200312:00:00 UTC

An ultraviolet astronomy mission on Pegasus XL.

LIFTOFF

APR 28 2003

12:00:00 UTC

Success

launched from Vandenberg

aboard Pegasus XL into LEO

Carrier aircraft

Lockheed L-1011 TriStar

Payload

Ultraviolet astronomy