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Pegasus XL CYGNSS Prepared for Launch Aboard Orbital ATK's L-101
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Pegasus XL CYGNSS Prepared for Launch Aboard Orbital ATK's L-101

NASA / KSC · 2016-12-10 · photograph (digital archive)

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At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Skid Strip the Orbital ATK L-1011 Stargazer aircraft is being prepared to launch NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, or CYGNSS, spacecraft. The eight micro satellites are aboard an Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket strapped to the underside of the Stargazer. CYGNSS is scheduled for its airborne launch aboard the Pegasus XL rocket from the Skid Strip on Dec. 12.

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Credit linePegasus XL CYGNSS Prepared for Launch Aboard Orbital ATK's L-101. NASA/KSC, 2016-12-10. Public domain. ID: KSC-20161210-PH_SWW01_0061.

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