Pegasus XL | Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Orbital Sciences Corporation (Commercial)
• Rocket: Pegasus XL — Pegasus family

Mission

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.

• Type: Astrophysics
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Kwajalein Atoll
• Location: Air launch to orbit
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