Pegasus XL from OSC / NASA by maness-allen
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Description
The Pegasus integrates three Orion solid rocket motors, developed by Hercules Aerospace, with a composite delta wing to create the world's only air-launched commercial rocket. The vehicle, which is 57 feet long and weights approximately 52,000 lb at ignition, is carried aloft by Orbital's L-1011 carrier craft to 40,000 feet. A final systems check is performed and the Pegasus vehicle is released. After a few seconds of free fall, the Pegasus Orion 50S XL first stage motor is ignited and the vehicle accelerates out of the Earth's atmosphere. Two additional Orion solid motors are used to place the satellite into its desired orbit.
This model is the Pegasus XL variation and is available at TurboSquid.
Comments (1)
tallpindo
Space shots are still rare enough that I had to peek into 3DS to get a glimpse. The plume is dramatic. I hark back to reading about dropping a Minuteman out of a C-141 to test "Missileer" which was cancelled soon after.