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As of 2015, the most recent Pegasus XL to be purchased — a planned June 2017 launch of NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) mission — had a total cost of US$56.3 million, which NASA notes includes "firm-fixed launch service costs, spacecraft processing, payload integration, tracking, data and telemetry and other launch support ...
The first Pegasus launch to use Stargazer was conducted on June 27, 1994, as the maiden flight of the Pegasus-XL. Previous launches used the NASA-operated Boeing B-52 nicknamed "Balls 8," which was also used for four subsequent launches, as the original Pegasus could not be launched from Stargazer due to clearance issues.
In August 2013, the Pegasus II was selected for the air-launch vehicle. [11] In August 2014, all solid-fuel propulsion was selected, rather than liquid-fuel for the Orbital Sciences launcher. [12] In August 2015, 200,000 lb (91 t) of structure was assembled. [13] By June 2016, Scaled Composites had 300 people working on the project. [14]
Launch Date Mission Vehicle Launch Site Total Launch Cost* (million) 1998 [3] 1998.10.24 Deep Space 1: Delta II 7326-9.5 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (CCAFS SLC 17A) 1998.12.06 Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS) Pegasus XL: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) 1998.12.11 Mars Climate Orbiter: Delta II 7425
The launch system would consist of three primary components: a carrier aircraft, contracted to Scaled Composites; a launch vehicle, originally contracted to SpaceX as a derivative of the Falcon 9 [8] —later contracted to Orbital Sciences as the Pegasus II; and a mating and integration system to enable the aircraft to safely interface with ...
The dual fuselage and high-wing design allow for multiple launch vehicles to attach and release from the aircraft centerline. The Stratolaunch is intended to carry a 550,000-pound (250 t) payload and has a 1,300,000-pound (590 t) maximum takeoff weight .
The uncrewed launch vehicle, called New Glenn, will mark Blue Origin’s first attempt to send a rocket to orbit, a feat necessary if the company hopes to chip away at SpaceX’s long-held ...
The Taurus launch vehicle, later renamed [1] Minotaur-C (for "Minotaur-Commercial"), was the first of the Minotaur vehicle family, and the first ground-launched orbital booster developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC), derived by adding a solid booster stage to the air-launched Pegasus rocket. The first flight, sponsored by DARPA, was in ...