2012 · Orbital Sciences Corporation

Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)

successPegasus XL | Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)

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.

Overview

Date / time: June 13, 2012 at 04:00 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Kwajalein Atoll
Mission: Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)
Mission type: Astrophysics
Orbit achieved: Low Earth Orbit

Launch vehicle

Pegasus XL →

Launch provider

Orbital Sciences Corporation →

Payloads deployed · 1

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