Orbital ATK’s Pegasus rocket finally launched on Thursday, carrying NASA’s CYGNSS environmental research satellite constellation into orbit. The air-launched rocket departed Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard its carrier aircraft ahead of its air-launch release at 08:37 Eastern time (13:37 UTC).
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Pegasus XL rocket successfully launches Tactically Responsive Launch demo for Space Force
Northrop Grumman’s air-launched Pegasus XL rocket made a low-profile launch for the US Space Force…
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Carried by her mothership VMS Eve, Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity has arrived at Spaceport America…
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Northrop Grumman has launched NASA’s ICON mission aboard its Pegasus XL rocket on Thursday following…
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Four months after standing down launch operations of the ICON mission on their Pegasus rocket,…
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The Pegasus launch of NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite is now set to take…
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Last weekend, Stratolaunch Systems performed high-speed taxi tests of the world’s largest aircraft by wingspan.…
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Busy December to mark end of year global launch salvo
by Chris BerginUp to 15 orbital launches are set to take place during a very busy December,…
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NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) satellite has been provided with a mission extension via…
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In an era of new launch system development, Orbital ATK’s Pegasus has shown her staying…
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Orbital Sciences Corporation have launched the first Cygnus spacecraft Wednesday, beginning a demonstration mission to…
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Orbital Sciences Corporation launched their Pegasus-XL rocket Thursday night, carrying NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph…
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Orbital Sciences Corporation have – at the third launch attempt – launched their new Antares…
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Virgin Galactic unveiled their new air launch system – called LauncherOne – this week, classing…
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Orbital Sciences Corporation have launched NASA’s NuSTAR spacecraft Thursday. The spacecraft was deployed by a…
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NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has been launched via an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL launch…
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The Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL launch vehicle – carrying the AIM spacecraft – has launched…