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NASA image: Pegasus ICON Rollout to Hotpad VAFB
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Sep 25, 2019

Pegasus ICON Rollout to Hotpad VAFB

Pegasus ICON Rollout to Hot Pad Airfield at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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NASA image: 2012-3147
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May 31, 2012

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NUSTAR/Pegasus Hot Pad Activities, Racks Being Loaded

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NASA image: 2012-3122
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May 30, 2012

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NUSTAR/Pegasus L-1011 and Miscellaneous Hot Fire Pad

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NASA image: 2012-3123
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May 30, 2012

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NUSTAR/Pegasus L-1011 and Miscellaneous Hot Fire Pad

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NASA image: 2012-3145
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May 31, 2012

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NUSTAR/Pegasus Hot Pad Activities, Racks Being Loaded

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NASA image: 2012-3146
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May 31, 2012

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NUSTAR/Pegasus Hot Pad Activities, Racks Being Loaded

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NASA image: 2012-3142
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May 31, 2012

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NUSTAR/Pegasus Hot Pad Activities, Racks Being Loaded

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NASA image: 2012-3124
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May 30, 2012

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NUSTAR/Pegasus L-1011 and Miscellaneous Hot Fire Pad

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NASA image: 2012-3141
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May 31, 2012

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NUSTAR/Pegasus Hot Pad Activities, Racks Being Loaded

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NASA image: 2012-3144
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May 31, 2012

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NUSTAR/Pegasus Hot Pad Activities, Racks Being Loaded

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NASA image: 2012-3143
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May 31, 2012

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NUSTAR/Pegasus Hot Pad Activities, Racks Being Loaded

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NASA image: Pegasus ICON Rollout to Hotpad, Mate to L-1011
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Oct 14, 2018

Pegasus ICON Rollout to Hotpad, Mate to L-1011

Technicians secure Northrop Grumman's Pegasus XL rocket, containing NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON),...

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NASA image: Pegasus ICON Rollout to Hotpad, Mate to L-1011
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Oct 14, 2018

Pegasus ICON Rollout to Hotpad, Mate to L-1011

Northrop Grumman's Pegasus XL rocket, containing NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), is attached beneath...

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NASA image: Pegasus ICON Rollout to Hotpad, Mate to L-1011
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Oct 14, 2018

Pegasus ICON Rollout to Hotpad, Mate to L-1011

Preparations are underway to attach Northrop Grumman's Pegasus XL rocket, containing NASA's Ionospheric Connection...

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NASA image: Pegasus ICON Rollout to Hotpad, Mate to L-1011
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Oct 14, 2018

Pegasus ICON Rollout to Hotpad, Mate to L-1011

Northrop Grumman's Pegasus XL rocket, containing NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), is attached beneath...

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NASA image: Pegasus ICON Rollout to Hotpad, Mate to L-1011
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Oct 14, 2018

Pegasus ICON Rollout to Hotpad, Mate to L-1011

Technicians secure Northrop Grumman's Pegasus XL rocket, containing NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON),...

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NASA image: Pegasus ICON Rollout to Hotpad, Mate to L-1011
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Oct 14, 2018

Pegasus ICON Rollout to Hotpad, Mate to L-1011

Northrop Grumman's Pegasus XL rocket, containing NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), is attached beneath...

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NASA image: Pegasus ICON Rollout to Hotpad, Mate to L-1011
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Oct 14, 2018

Pegasus ICON Rollout to Hotpad, Mate to L-1011

Technicians secure Northrop Grumman's Pegasus XL rocket, containing NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON),...

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NASA image: VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - The SciSat-1 payload, with fairing installed and attached to its Pegasus launch vehicle, begins rollout to the hot pad and mating to the L-1011 carrier aircraft. The SciSat-1 weighs approximately 330 pounds and after launch will be placed in a 400-mile-high polar orbit to investigate processes that control the distribution of ozone in the upper atmosphere. The data from the satellite will provide Canadian and international scientists with improved measurements relating to global ozone processes and help policymakers assess existing environmental policy and develop protective measures for improving the health of our atmosphere, preventing further ozone depletion. The mission is designed to last two years.
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Aug 9, 2003

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - The SciSat-1 payload, with fairing installed and attached to its Pegasus launch vehicle, begins rollout to the hot pad and mating to the L-1011 carrier aircraft. The SciSat-1 weighs approximately 330 pounds and after launch will be placed in a 400-mile-high polar orbit to investigate processes that control the distribution of ozone in the upper atmosphere. The data from the satellite will provide Canadian and international scientists with improved measurements relating to global ozone processes and help policymakers assess existing environmental policy and develop protective measures for improving the health of our atmosphere, preventing further ozone depletion. The mission is designed to last two years.

NASA image: VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - The SciSat-1 payload, with fairing installed and attached to its Pegasus launch vehicle, begins rollout to the hot pad and mating to the L-1011 carrier aircraft. The SciSat-1 weighs approximately 330 pounds and after launch will be placed in a 400-mile-high polar orbit to investigate processes that control the distribution of ozone in the upper atmosphere. The data from the satellite will provide Canadian and international scientists with improved measurements relating to global ozone processes and help policymakers assess existing environmental policy and develop protective measures for improving the health of our atmosphere, preventing further ozone depletion. The mission is designed to last two years.
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Aug 9, 2003

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - The SciSat-1 payload, with fairing installed and attached to its Pegasus launch vehicle, begins rollout to the hot pad and mating to the L-1011 carrier aircraft. The SciSat-1 weighs approximately 330 pounds and after launch will be placed in a 400-mile-high polar orbit to investigate processes that control the distribution of ozone in the upper atmosphere. The data from the satellite will provide Canadian and international scientists with improved measurements relating to global ozone processes and help policymakers assess existing environmental policy and develop protective measures for improving the health of our atmosphere, preventing further ozone depletion. The mission is designed to last two years.

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Apr 12, 1981

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Separation of the Space Shuttle’s solid rocket boosters (SRB’s) occurs at two minutes,...

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NASA image: Boeing's CST-100 Launch Abort Engine Test
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Oct 17, 2016

Boeing's CST-100 Launch Abort Engine Test

A launch abort engine built by Aerojet Rocketdyne is hot-fired during tests in the Mojave Desert in California. The...

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NASA image: Boeing's CST-100 Launch Abort Engine Test
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Oct 20, 2016

Boeing's CST-100 Launch Abort Engine Test

A launch abort engine built by Aerojet Rocketdyne is hot-fired during tests in the Mojave Desert in California. The...

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NASA image: KSC-2012-3243
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Jun 2, 2012

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital...

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - The SciSat-1 payload, with fairing installed and attached to its Pegasus launch...

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - The SciSat-1 payload, with fairing installed and attached to its Pegasus launch...

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