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Pegasus XL | Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)
Pegasus XL
Jun 13, 4:00 PM UTC
Jun 13, 4:00 PM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
Designed to image high-energy X-ray radiation, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) is tasked with surveying regions surrounding the center of own Milky Way Galaxy and performing deep observations of the extragalactic sky, studying black holes and supernovas.
- Type
- Astrophysics
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Kwajalein Atoll
- Location
- Air launch to orbit
- Country
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