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U.S. Space Force Tests Pegasus Rocket for Responsive Space Missions

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U.S. Space Force Tests Pegasus Rocket for Responsive Space Missions
he U. S. Space Force launched the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) mission on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. on June 13 at 4:11 a.m. Eastern time, delivering a technology demonstration satellite to low Earth orbit (U.S. Space Force Photo)

The U. S. Space Force on June 13 launched a Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) technology demonstration satellite from a Northrop Grumman [NOC] Pegasus XL rocket. The latter, carried on a modified version of the company's "Stargazer" L-1011 aircraft from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., delivered the satellite to orbit in the early morning of June 13. Stargazer released the three-stage Pegasus about 40,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean, and the rocket's first stage ignited to carry the TacRL-2 satellite to…

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