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Pegasus to Launch Spectrum Astro C/NOFS Satellite for USAF
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Astro, Inc. has selected Orbital Science’s Pegasus XL to launch
the U.S. Air Force Communication / Navigation Outage Forecasting
System (C/NOFS) satellite. The C/NOFS launch is scheduled for
2003. The launch site will be located near the equator, compatible
with the low inclination orbit targeted for the C/NOFS mission.
Orbital Sciences has not yet selected the launch site for the
mission.
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primary objective of the C/NOFS mission is to provide the U.S.
military with advance notice of irregularities in the Earth's
ionosphere and atmosphere that may interfere with space-based
communication, navigation and surveillance systems.
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