This image shows a Pegasus being carried to altitude by B-52. An air-launched, three stage, all solid-propellant, three-axis stabilized vehicle, the Pegasus was designed to put a 400-1,000 pound payload into low-Earth orbit. For more information about Pegasus, please see Chapter 5 in Roger Launius and Dennis Jenkins' book To Reach the High Frontier. Image # : PegasusAir Date: April 5, 1990

---

Size: 2099px × 1590px
Photo credit: © NC Collections / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -52, launch, pegasus, small, vehicle