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Pegasus
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30"
x 48" Oil (2014)
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Orbital ATK
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Pegasus was specifically developed to provide cost-effective access to space for the small satellite community. The Pegasus air-launch system is the industry’s workhorse, providing launch services fortechnology demonstration, scientific investigation, remote sensing and communications missions. The three-stage Pegasus boosts small satellites weighing up to 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms) into low-Earth orbit. Pegasus is carried aloft by an L-1011 carrier aircraft to approximately 40,000 feet (12,000meters) over open ocean, where it is released and then free-falls in a horizontal position for five secondsbefore igniting its first stage rocket motor. In a typical mission Pegasus delivers its payload into orbit in a little over ten minutes. |
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Many of the Orbital ATK paintings are available as high quality prints through Orbital ATK, MS PUBS, PO Box 707, Brigham City, Utah 84302. While not normally available to the general public, the prints are available to military units, aerospace organizations and industry representatives. Reproduced with permission of Orbital ATK. Unauthorized use of this image is strictly forbidden. |