Tag: Pegasus
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Commercial space flight shows reignited interest in the Air Launch system
Virgin Galactic unveiled their new air launch system – called LauncherOne – this week, classing it as a “revolution” in space access for small satellites. However, the concept of carrying one’s rocket to a high altitude, prior to “dropping” the vehicle and lighting its engine, isn’t new, yet appears to be gaining renewed interest –…
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Orbital’s Pegasus successfully launches NASA’s NuSTAR spacecraft
Orbital Sciences Corporation have launched NASA’s NuSTAR spacecraft Thursday. The spacecraft was deployed by a Pegasus-XL carrier rocket dropped from an aircraft flying from the Bucholz Army Airfield in Kwajalein Atoll. Launch came 30 minutes into a four hour window, resulting in a T-0 of 04:00 local time (16:00 UTC on Wednesday). Pegasus Mission: NuSTAR,…
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IBEX launched via Orbital’s Pegasus XL
NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has been launched via an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL launch vehicle on Sunday, after it was released by its L-1011 carrier aircraft at around 1:44pm EDT. CLICK HERE FOR LIVE COVERAGE With all the interest surrounding SpaceX’s Falcon I launch vehicle of late, many forget that Pegasus was the world’s…