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Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)

Pegasus XL · Astrophysics

2012Kwajalein Atoll, Air launch to orbit

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.

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Mission Facts

Provider
OSC
Rocket
Pegasus XL
Orbit
LEO
Pad
Kwajalein Atoll
NET precision
Year
Data source
LL2
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