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NASA Center: Headquarters
Image # : PegasusGround
Date : 09/05/1989

Title

Pegasus

Full Description

This image shows a Pegasus launch vehicle on the ground before its flight on a 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 small launch vehicle, 84044

Subject Category

Pegasus

Reference Numbers

  • Center: HQ
  • Center Number: PegasusGround
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2003-00045

Source Information

  • Original Source: Hercules Aerospace Products Group, Duncan

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

ResolutionFormatWidth
(Pixels)		Height
(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail JPEG 88 71 14
Small JPEG 708 571 436
Medium JPEG 1476 1189 1,699
Large JPEG 2953 2378 7,840

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