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Stargazer carrying a Pegasus XL rocket over the Atlantic
Stargazer is a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar built in 1974, that was modified in 1994 for use by Orbital Sciences (now part of Northrop Grumman) as a mother ship launch pad for the Pegasus launch vehicle. As of October 2022, 45 rockets (containing nearly 100 satellites) have been launched from it, using the Pegasus-H and Pegasus-XL configurations. As of 2019, Stargazer was the only L-1011 airframe still airworthy.
The Orbital Sciences Dawn spacecraft awaits mass properties measurements in the 100,000 class cleanroom at the Dulles, VA facility
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NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP) announced the conclusions of a long investigation into the failure in the launch of its OCO and Glory satellites in 2009 and 2011. In both cases, the fairing on top of the rockets that protected the satellites didn't separate and the extra weight caused the the satellites to fall down. The investigations revealed falsifications by the contractor Sapa Profiles, Inc. (SPI) that provided defective materials with false certifications. The investigation involved the US Department of Justice.
NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Oct. 28, 2014
NASA to launch OCO-2 early this Tuesday from California
NASA to launch OCO-2 early this Tuesday from California
Early on Tuesday, July 1, NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) spacecraft should take to the skies atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA ) Delta II rocket to get a better picture of global carbon dioxide levels. Liftoff is currently scheduled to take place at 2:56 a.m. PDT (5:56 a.m. EDT, 0956 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC-2) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (more…)
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X-34 mated to modified Orbital Sciences L-1011
Weekly Space Hangout – Jan. 8, 2016: Dr. Steve B. Howell from Kepler
Weekly Space Hangout – Jan. 8, 2016: Dr. Steve B. Howell from Kepler
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain)
Special Guest: Dr. Steve B. Howell, Project Scientist on Kepler to discuss the great new results coming form the K2 mission – the repurposed Kepler mission.
Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) Paul Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Kimberly Cartier (@AstroKimCartier ) Dave Dickinson (@astroguyz / www.astrog…
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