NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

NuSTAR

Launch Time
Wed Jun 13, 2012 16:00 UTC

Rocket

Pegasus XL
Northrop
Status: Active
Price: $40.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 561 kN
Payload to LEO: 443 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 17.6 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.15 m
Fairing Height: 2.13 m

Mission Details

NuSTAR

NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) is a space-based X-ray telescope that uses a conical approximation to a Wolter telescope to focus high energy X-rays from astrophysical sources, especially for nuclear spectroscopy, and operates in the range of 3 to 79 keV.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 171.0 kg
Geostationary Earth Orbit

Location

Stargazer, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Marshall Islands

Stats

2012

33rd orbital launch attempt

Pegasus

41st mission
1st mission of 2012
36th successful mission
27th consecutive successful mission