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Pegasus XL | Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)
Orbital Sciences CorporationKwajalein Atoll — Air launch to orbit
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)
- Type
- Astrophysics
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Designed to image high-energy X-ray radiation, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) is tasked with surveying regions surrounding the center of own Milky Way Galaxy and performing deep observations of the extragalactic sky, studying black holes and supernovas.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL
- Family
- Pegasus
- Provider
- Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
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launch site
- Pad
- Kwajalein Atoll
- Location
- Air launch to orbit
- Country
- ???
- Coordinates
- 8.7167, 167.7333