Pegasus XL | Odyssey (TacRL-2)
Launch Successful
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June 13, 2021, 8:11 a.m.
Launch Window
June 13, 2021, 7:39 a.m. - June 13, 2021, 8:55 a.m.
June 13, 2021, 7:39 a.m. - June 13, 2021, 8:55 a.m.
Payload for the US Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Launch program. It is a space domain awareness satellite that was procured under the Space Force's responsive launch program. The spacecraft was built in under a year and the launch provider was given three weeks of notice for the launch.
Launch success.
Launched
Updating T-0 and setting GO
The Pegasus is an air-launched rocket developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now part of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems). Capable of carrying small payloads of up to 443 kilograms (977 lb) into low Earth orbit, the vehicle consists of three solid propellant stages and an optional monopropellant fourth stage. Pegasus is released from its carrier aircraft at approximately 40,000 ft (12,000 m), and its first stage has a wing and a tail to provide lift and attitude control while in the atmosphere.
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