Pegasus (Orion-50) family
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Pegasus under NB-52 [NASA] |
Pegasus-XL under L-1011 [OSC] |
 Taurus-Lite [BMDO] |
OBV (Orbital Boost Vehicle) [BMDO] |
| Version | Aircraft | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 |
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| Pegasus | B-52 | Orion-50S | Orion-50 | Orion-38 | - |
| Pegasus HAPS | B-52 | Orion-50S | Orion-50 | Orion-38 | HAPS / 3 MR-107K |
| Pegasus-H | L-1011 | Orion-50S | Orion-50 | Orion-38 | - |
| Pegasus-XL | L-1011 | Orion-50SXL | Orion-50XL | Orion-38 | - |
| Pegasus-XL HAPS | L-1011 | Orion-50SXL | Orion-50XL | Orion-38 | HAPS / 3 MR-107K |
| HXLV | B-52 | Orion-50S | - | - | |
| Cygnus | - | Orion-50SG | Orion-50 | Orion-38 | - |
| Taurus-Lite | - | Orion-50SXLG | Orion-50 | Orion-38 | - |
| OBV | - | Orion-50SXLG | Orion-50XL | Orion-38 | - |
| OBV (2 stage) | - | Orion-50SXLG | Orion-38 | - | - |
| Raptor-1 | L-1011 | Orion-50SXL ? | Orion-50XL ? | Orion-38 ? | - |
| Raptor-2 | C-17A | Orion-50SXL ? | Orion-50XL ? | Orion-38 ? | - |
| ALV X1 | - | Orion-50SXLG ? | Star-37FMV | - | - |
| Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pegasus | 400 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Pegasus HAPS | 425 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Pegasus-H | 400 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Pegasus-XL | 475 | 365 | 125 | - | - | - | |
| Pegasus-XL HAPS | 500 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Cygnus | 200 | - | - | - | - | ||
| HXLV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
No.TypNo Type Date LS Aircrft Payload
1 1 Pegasus 05.04.1990 Ed RW04/22 NB-52 SECS (USA 55) / Pegsat 2 1 Pegasus HAPS 17.07.1991 Ed RW04/22 NB-52 P Microsat 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 (SCS 1 - 7) 3 2 Pegasus 09.02.1993 CC RW15/33 NB-52 SCD 1 / Orbcomm-CDS 1 (OXP) 4 3 Pegasus 25.04.1993 Ed RW04/22 NB-52 ALEXIS (P89-1B) / Orbcomm-CDS 2 (VSUME) 5 2 Pegasus HAPS 19.05.1994 Ed RW04/22 NB-52 P STEP 2 (P91-2, SIDEX) 6 1 Pegasus-XL 28.06.1994 Va RW30/12 L-1011 F STEP 1 (P90-1) 7 4 Pegasus 03.08.1994 Ed RW04/22 NB-52 APEX (P90-1) 8 1 Pegasus-H 03.04.1995 Va RW30/12 L-1011 OrbView 1 (MicroLab) / Orbcomm FM01 / Orbcomm FM02 9 2 Pegasus-XL 22.06.1995 Va RW30/12 L-1011 F STEP 3 (P92-2) 10 3 Pegasus-XL 09.03.1996 Va RW30/12 L-1011 REX 2 (P94-2) 11 2 Pegasus-H 17.05.1996 Va RW30/12 L-1011 MSTI 3 12 4 Pegasus-XL 02.07.1996 Va RW30/12 L-1011 TOMS-EP 13 5 Pegasus-XL 21.08.1996 Va RW30/12 L-1011 FAST (SMEX 2) 14 6 Pegasus-XL 04.11.1996 WI RW04/22? L-1011 P SAC-B / HETE 1 15 7 Pegasus-XL 21.04.1997 Ga RW03/21 L-1011 Minisat 01 / Celestis 01 16 8 Pegasus-XL 01.08.1997 Va RW30/12 L-1011 OrbView 2 (SeaStar) 17 9 Pegasus-XL 28.08.1997 Va RW30/12 L-1011 FORTE (P94-1) 18 10 Pegasus-XL 23.10.1997 WI RW04/22? L-1011 STEP 4 (P95-1) 19 1 Pegasus-XL HAPS 23.12.1997 WI RW04/22? L-1011 Orbcomm FM05 / FM06 / FM07 / FM08 / FM09 / FM10 / FM11 / FM12 20 11 Pegasus-XL 25.02.1998 Va RW30/12 L-1011 SNOE (STEDI 1) / BATSAT (Teledesic T1) 21 12 Pegasus-XL 02.04.1998 Va RW30/12 L-1011 TRACE (SMEX 4) 22 2 Pegasus-XL HAPS 02.08.1998 WI RW04/22? L-1011 Orbcomm FM13 / FM14 / FM15 / FM16 / FM17 / FM18 / FM19 / FM20 23 3 Pegasus-XL HAPS 23.09.1998 WI RW04/22? L-1011 Orbcomm FM21 / FM22 / FM23 / FM24 / FM25 / FM26 / FM27 / FM28 24 3 Pegasus-H 22.10.1998 CC RW30/12 L-1011 SCD 2 25 13 Pegasus-XL 05.12.1998 Va RW30/12 L-1011 SWAS (SMEX 3) 26 14 Pegasus-XL 04.03.1999 Va RW30/12 L-1011 WIRE (SMEX 5) 27 4 Pegasus-XL HAPS 18.05.1999 Va RW30/12 L-1011 TERRIERS (STEDI 2) / MUBLCOM 28 5 Pegasus-XL HAPS 04.12.1999 WI RW04/22? L-1011 Orbcomm FM30 / FM31 / FM32 / FM33 / FM34 / FM35 / FM36 29 15 Pegasus-XL 07.06.2000 Va RW30/12 L-1011 TSX 5 (P95-2) 30 4 Pegasus-H 09.10.2000 Kw RW06/24 L-1011 HETE 2 31 1 HXLV 02.06.2001 * Ed RW04/22 NB-52 F X-43A 1 (Hyper-X 1) 32 16 Pegasus-XL 05.02.2002 CC RW30/12 L-1011 HESSI (SMEX 6) 33 17 Pegasus-XL 25.01.2003 CC RW30/12 L-1011 SORCE 34 1 Taurus-Lite 06.02.2003 * Va 576E - EKV-Dummy 35 18 Pegasus-XL 28.04.2003 CC RW30/12 L-1011 GALEX (SMEX 7) 36 19 Pegasus-XL 26.06.2003 Va RW30/12 L-1011 OrbView 3 37 20 Pegasus-XL 13.08.2003 Va RW30/12 L-1011 SciSat 1 38 1 OBV 16.08.2003 * Va LF-23 - EKV-Dummy 39 2 OBV 26.01.2004 * Me - EKV-Dummy (IFT-13B) 40 2 HXLV 27.03.2004 * Ed RW04/22 NB-52 X-43A 2 (Hyper-X 2) 41 3 HXLV 16.11.2004 * Ed RW04/22 NB-52 X-43A 3 (Hyper-X 3) 42 6 Pegasus-XL HAPS 15.04.2005 Va RW30/12 L-1011 DART 43 3 OBV 14.12.2005 * Me - EKV (FT-1) 44 21 Pegasus-XL 22.03.2006 Va RW30/12 L-1011 ST 5a / ST 5b / ST 5c 45 4 OBV 01.09.2006 * Va LF-23 - EKV (FTG-02) 46 22 Pegasus-XL 25.04.2007 Va RW30/12 L-1011 AIM (SMEX 9) 47 5 OBV 28.09.2007 * Va LF-23 - EKV (FTG-03a) 48 23 Pegasus-XL 16.04.2008 Kw RW06/24 L-1011 C/NOFS (P00-3) 49 1 ALV-X1 22.08.2008 * WI LA-0B - F Hy-BoLT / SOAREX 6 50 24 Pegasus-XL 19.10.2008 Kw RW06/24 L-1011 IBEX (SMEX 10) [Star-27H] 51 6 OBV 05.12.2008 * Va LF-23 - EKV (FTG-05) 52 7 OBV 31.01.2010 * Va LF-23 - EKV (FTG-06) 53 1 OBV (2 stg) 06.06.2010 * Va LF-24 - EKV (BVT-1) 54 8 OBV 15.12.2010 * Va LF-23 - EKV (FTG-06a) planned launches Pegasus-XL .02.2012 Kw L-1011 NuSTAR (SMEX 11) Pegasus-XL .12.2012 Va L-1011 IRIS (SMEX 12) Launch failures: 2: HAPS failed to generate full thrust 5: HAPS failed to generate full thrust 6: 9: 14: Satellites failed to seperate from Stage 3 31: Destroyed (t+51 sec) after vehicle veered of course (t-5 sec) Launch Sites CC Cape Canaveral (Florida) Ed Edwards AFB (California) FG Fort Greely (Alaska) Ga Gando Airbase (Gran Canaria, Spain) Kw Kwajalein Atoll Me Meck Island (Kwajalein) WI Wallops Island (Virginia) Va Vandenberg AFB (California)
