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Image:Pegasus.jpg 200px Pegasus meteor detection satellite Category:Spacecraft

... module boilerplate ( BP-16 ) and launch escape system (LES) tower were atop Saturn I , with PEGASUS I folded inside the service module. After first-stage separation and second-stage ignition, Les ... the interior of the service module adapter, provided pictures of the satellite deploying in space. PEGASUS I exposed more than 2,300 sq. ft. of instrumented surface, with thicknesses varying up ...

... 352 thermal surface samples collected from the aerospace industry. If NASA should program an astronaut- PEGASUS III rendezvous, the astronaut would detach as many panels as possible and return them to ... module boilerplate (BP-9), which served as shroud for PEGASUS III . Apollo launch escape system was jettisoned during launch vehicle's ascent, PEGASUS III -expected to return meteoroid data to ground stations for at least one year-was identical to PEGASUS II , in orbit since May 25, 1965, PEGASUS I was sent into orbit Feb, 16, 1965. ''(NASA Release 65 ...

... or structure was considered to be less than that resulting from meteorites impacting the earth: Pegasus 1 , launched Feb. 16, 1965, had gathered micrometeoroid data for use in designing spacecraft; data ... satellite nor the attached S-IV contained radioactive nuclear power sources or materials: Pegasus 2 was still in orbit; Pegasus 3 had reentered Aug. 4, 1969, over the Pacific Ocean: Aerospace Daily ...

... the Pacific Ocean, aborted a planned attempt at the speed record for aircraft when the Pegasus rocket carrying a prototype X-43A jet veered out of control. NASA had employed a ... -43A to 100,000 feet (30,500 meters) before releasing the jet. Instead, however, the Pegasus rocket had gone out of control almost immediately after its release. NASA spokesperson Alan Brown explained: “The Pegasus went out of control. It appeared parts were breaking off of it.” NASA ordered the ...

... Cape Kennedy to he readied for launch during the next two months. Similar to PEGASUS I , Pegasus B would occupy a simulated Apollo service module aboard the SA-8 vehicle. A boilerplate model of the Apollo command module would be placed above the Pegasus; in orbit, the Apollo modules would be jettisoned and the satellite exposed. Preliminary data from PEGASUS I indicated it was confirming current theory on micrometeoroid density. ''( Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC ...

... , 615 mi. (990 km.) ; perigee, 290 mi. (467 km.) ; inclination to the equator, 51.95°, PEGASUS I , launched Feb, 16, 1965, was first of a series of three satellites intended to ... provided significant information leading to improvement of detection systems on the remaining two Pegasus spacecraft. Orbital parameters for PEGASUS I were: apogee, 451 mi. ''(726 km,) ; perigee, 311 mi. ''(500.7 km ...

... service module boilerplate spacecraft and launch escape system (Les) tower were atop Saturn I with PEGASUS II folded inside the service module. After second-stage ignition. LES was jettisoned. After injection ... near-earth environment for use in design of future manned and unmanned spacecraft. PEGASUS II , an improved version of PEGASUS I launched Feb. 16, 1965, would be visible to the naked eye ...

... follow closely our statistical computations based on results from PEGASUS I and EXPLORERS XVI and EXPLORERS XXIII XXIII . Continued successful operation of PEGASUS II will give us a good base for use ... the entire panel group occurred, this could be done by ground command, 36 capacitors on PEGASUS II were working improperly during the first four weeks and had been disconnected by ground ...

... meteoroid penetrations during its lifetime, EXPLORER XXIII , launched Nov, 6, 1964, had reported 103 penetrations. PEGASUS I , launched Feb, 16, 1965, carried three thicknesses of panels but mechanical malfunctions had destroyed ... registered 61 penetrations. The higher frequency of penetrations recorded by PEGASUS II was thought to have been caused by a meteoroid shower. PEGASUS III , launched July 30, had not had time to ...

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