Mission record
Pegasus XL | Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)
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Provider
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Astrophysics
Launch site
Marshall Islands
Date
Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:00:37 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5223 ever
Mission
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.
Deployed payloads · 1