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NASA likely to relocate delayed Pegasus launch to Florida

July 5, 2018 Stephen Clark

NASA and Northrop Grumman are expected to base the launch of an air-dropped Pegasus rocket with a NASA science satellite from Cape Canaveral later this year, after originally trying to get the mission into space from a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

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Carrier jet with Pegasus rocket returning to California, postponing NASA satellite launch

June 8, 2018 Stephen Clark

NASA and Northrop Grumman officials decided Friday to return a Pegasus rocket and its carrier aircraft from Hawaii to California, aborting a trip to Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean for next week’s scheduled launch of a NASA research satellite to conduct additional testing.

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Pegasus rocket, NASA satellite head for launch base in Pacific

June 6, 2018 Stephen Clark

Slung under the belly of a specially-equipped carrier airplane, a Northrop Grumman Pegasus rocket took off Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a two-day trek to a remote U.S. military test site in the Pacific Ocean, where crews will ready the air-dropped booster for launch of a NASA research satellite next week.

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Launch of NASA ionospheric probe delayed to examine rocket issue

November 10, 2017 Stephen Clark

The launch of a NASA satellite to study the behavior of plasma in Earth’s ionosphere has been delayed to early next year, giving engineers time to resolve concerns with the separation system on its air-launched Pegasus XL booster.

News Headlines

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne, ULA mark 60th anniversary of RL10 rocket engine
    November 28, 2023
  • SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral
    November 27, 2023
  • SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 23 Starlink satellites
    November 22, 2023
  • Super Heavy-Starship climbs high but falls short on second test flight
    November 18, 2023
  • Live Coverage: SpaceX to launch Starship/Super Heavy Booster on second test flight
    November 18, 2023
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