About FAST
Quick Facts About FAST
| Launch Date: | August 21, 1996 |
| Launch Vehicle: | Pegasus XI |
| Launch Site: | Western test range of Vandenberg Air Force Base, California |
| Orbit: | 83° elliptical; 350 km x 4175 km |
| Spacecraft Mass | 191 kg |
| Total Power: | 52 watts |
| Spin Rotation: | 12 rpm |
| Instruments: | Electrostatic Analyzer |
| Electric Field/ Langmuir Probe | |
| Time of Flight Energy Angle Mass Spectrometer | |
| AC/DC Magnetometers |
