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NASA Center: Headquarters
Image # : PegasusAir
Date : 04/05/1990

Title

Pegasus Carried by B-52

Full Description

This image shows a Pegasus being carried to altitude by B-52. An air-launched, three stage, all solid-propellant, three-axis stabilized vehicle, the Pegasus can set a 400-1,000 pound payload into low-Earth orbit. For more information about Pegasus, please see Chapter 5 in Roger Launius and Dennis Jenkins' book To Reach the High Frontier published by The University Press of Kentucky in 2002.

Keywords

Pegasus B-52 small launch vehicle

Subject Category

Pegasus

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  • Center: HQ
  • Center Number: PegasusAir
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2003-00044

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ResolutionFormatWidth
(Pixels)		Height
(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail JPEG 94 71 8
Small JPEG 750 568 300
Medium JPEG 1563 1184 1,462
Large JPEG 3127 2368 7,742

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