June 14th - on this day in 2012, an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket launched NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) to orbit. The Stargazer Lockheed L-1011 TriStar carrier aircraft launched from Bucholz Army Airfield in the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, releasing the air-launched Pegasus XL for the ride to orbit. NuSTAR is an X-ray satellite with a launch mass of 350 kg. It was built by Orbital Sciences Corporatio

7.5K views · 297 reactions | A Northrop Grumman Pegasus rocket dropped from the belly of a carrier jet over the Pacific Ocean early Sunday and streaked into orbit with a small U.S. military space surveillance satellite named Odyssey, completing a successful rapid launch exercise in partnership with a secretive new Space Force special projects unit. Full story: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/06/13/pegasus-rocket-successful-in-responsive-launch-demonstration/ | Spaceflight Now | Facebook