Orbital ATK Set to Launch Pegasus Rocket Carrying NASA’s CYGNSS Spacecraft
December 11 2016 - 6:21PM
Business Wire
Pegasus Launch will be 43rd
Flight for World’s First Commercial Rocket Aboard the Company’s
Stargazer L-1011 Airplane
Orbital ATK (NYSE:OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies, announced it is prepared to launch the company’s
air-launched Pegasus rocket aboard its Stargazer L-1011 airplane
from Cape Canaveral on Monday, December 12 at approximately 8:24
a.m. EST. Pegasus will be carrying NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation
Satellite System (CYGNSS) to study the inner core of tropical
cyclones. The data provided will help scientists and meteorologists
better understand and predict the path of a hurricane.
Live coverage of the mission will be available on NASA
Television starting two hours prior to launch at
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv. Details about the mission can be viewed at
Orbital ATK’s mission page.
Pegasus is the world’s first privately developed commercial
rocket and the leading launch system for the deployment of small
satellites into Low-Earth orbit. The Pegasus rocket is launched
from beneath Orbital ATK's Stargazer L-1011 carrier airplane,
providing customers with unparalleled flexibility to operate from
virtually anywhere on Earth with minimal ground support
requirements.
As a NASA Category 3 certified launch vehicle, Pegasus is able
to launch NASA’s most valuable satellites. The launch was provided
through NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) who acts as a broker,
matching spacecraft with launch vehicles. This will be the first
Pegasus mission in 13 years to launch from Cape Canaveral. The
previous 42 Pegasus missions have been conducted from six separate
sites in the U.S., Europe and the Marshall Islands.
About Orbital ATK
Orbital ATK is a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies. The company designs, builds and delivers space,
defense and aviation systems for customers around the world, both
as a prime contractor and merchant supplier. Its main products
include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile
products, subsystems and defense electronics; precision weapons,
armament systems and ammunition; satellites and associated space
components and services; and advanced aerospace structures.
Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, Orbital ATK employs
approximately 12,000 people in 18 states across the U.S. and in
several international locations. For more information, visit
www.orbitalatk.com.
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