Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!hplabs!hplabsb!dsmith From: dsmith@hplabsb.UUCP (David Smith) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Pegasus Keywords: cheap to orbit, air launched Message-ID: <4772@hplabsb.UUCP> Date: 16 Jun 88 20:50:57 GMT Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Lines: 21 Since no one else has, I thought I'd point out the article on p.10 of US News & World Report for June 13. It said that Orbital Sciences Corp. and Hercules Aerospace announced a plan to develop Pegasus, a 50-foot stub-winged rocket. Air launched from a B-52 or converted airliner at 40,000 ft., it would put an 850-pound payload into a 250 mile high orbit. Expected to fly in mid-1989, at $6 million per launch. Some years ago, the Air Force tested air launch of a Minuteman from a C-5. Anyone know how that went (like, how did the C-5 respond to the c.g. change as the rocket rolled out the back)? * David Smith HP Labs dsmith@hplabs.hp.com * To forestall flamage, I suppose I must add that this is not intended as a criticism of Pegasus, which could be launched like an X-15. -- David Smith HP Labs dsmith@hplabs.hp.com