Failure
Pegasus XL | High Energy Transient Explorer (HETE) & Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas-B (SAC-B)
Failure reason: Battery failure in the Pegasus XL rocket third stage, satellites did not separate from third stage.
Rocket: Pegasus XL · Provider: Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch pad
Wallops Flight Facility, Air launch to orbit · View on map (opens in new tab)