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Pegasus XL | Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)

Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)

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Launch Details

Date: 13 June 2012, 04:00 pm UTC

Rocket: Pegasus XL (Pegasus)

Provider: Orbital Sciences Corporation

Mission

Type: Astrophysics

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: Kwajalein Atoll, Air launch to orbit

Mission Description

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.