Earth orbit
NuStar
Hard X-ray imaging observatory.
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
Hard X-ray imaging observatory. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2012-031; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 13 June 2012, 16:00:42 UTC
- Launch location
- US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA), Marshall Islands
- Launch vehicle
- Pegasus XL
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (equatorial)
Flight data
Launch intelligence
An Orbital ATK Pegasus rocket launched the NuSTAR mission on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 4:00 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Orbital ATK
- Vehicle
- Pegasus
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2012-031
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Jun 13, 2012, 16:00 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Jun 13 2012
- Pad and location
- Stargazer L-1011, Kwajalein Atoll
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Current mission status
Current mission status
Now
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Hardware
Spacecraft
NuStar
Hard X-ray imaging observatory.
- GCAT ID
- S38358
- Manufacturer
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Launch mass
- 360 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.5 m long · 1.1 m diameter · 11.1 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
0 images from NuStar.
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Verification
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