Launch History
Pegasus has flown 40 missions between 1990 and 2012.
| Date | Payload | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1990-04-05 19:10:17 UTC | Pegsat, NavySat | Success |
| 1991-07-17 17:33:53 UTC | Microsats (7 satellites) | Partial success (orbit slightly low) |
| 1993-02-09 14:30:00 UTC | SCD-1 | Success |
| 1993-04-25 13:56:00 UTC | ALEXIS – Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors | Success |
| 1994-05-19 17:03:00 UTC | STEP-2 (SIDEX) | Partial success (orbit slightly low) |
| 1994-06-27 21:15:00 UTC | STEP-1 | Failure (destroyed approx. 3 minutes after launch) |
| 1994-08-03 14:38:00 UTC | APEX | Success |
| 1995-04-03 13:48:00 UTC | Orbcomm (2 satellites), OrbView-1 | Success |
| 1995-06-22 19:58:00 UTC | STEP-3 | Failure (destroyed between first- and second-stage flight) |
| 1996-03-09 01:53:00 UTC | REX II | Success |
| 1996-05-17 02:44:00 UTC | MSTI-3 | Success |
| 1996-07-02 07:48:00 UTC | TOMS – Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer | Success |
| 1996-08-21 09:47:00 UTC | FAST (Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer) | Success |
| 1996-11-04 17:08:00 UTC | HETE, SAC-B | Failure (Satellites not ejected from third stage) |
| 1997-04-21 11:59:00 UTC | MiniSat, Celestis space burial | Success |
| 1997-08-01 20:20:00 UTC | OrbView-2 | Success |
| 1997-08-29 15:02:00 UTC | FORTE | Success |
| 1997-10-22 13:13:00 UTC | STEP-4 | Success |
| 1997-12-23 19:11:00 UTC | Orbcomm (8 satellites) | Success |
| 1998-02-26 07:07:00 UTC | SNOE, BATSAT | Success |
| 1998-04-02 02:42:00 UTC | TRACE | Success |
| 1998-08-02 16:24:00 UTC | Orbcomm (8 satellites) | Success |
| 1998-09-23 05:06:00 UTC | Orbcomm (8 satellites) | Success |
| 1998-10-22 00:02:00 UTC | SCD-2 | Success |
| 1998-12-06 00:57:00 UTC | SWAS | Success |
| 1999-03-05 02:56:00 UTC | WIRE – Wide Field Infrared Explorer | Success |
| 1999-05-18 05:09:00 UTC | Terriers, MUBLCOM | Success |
| 1999-12-04 18:53:00 UTC | Orbcomm (7 satellites) | Success |
| 2000-06-07 13:19:00 UTC | TSX-5 | Success |
| 2000-10-09 05:38:00 UTC | HETE 2 | Success |
| 2002-02-05 20:58:00 UTC | RHESSI | Success |
| 2003-01-25 20:13:00 UTC | SORCE | Success |
| 2003-04-28 12:00:00 UTC | GALEX – Galaxy Evolution Explorer | Success |
| 2003-06-26 18:55:00 UTC | OrbView-3 | Success |
| 2003-08-13 02:09:00 UTC | SCISAT-1 | Success |
| 2005-04-15 17:27:00 UTC | DART | Success |
| 2006-03-28 20:10:00 UTC | ST-5 – Space Technology 5 (3 satellites) | Success |
| 2007-04-25 20:26:00 UTC | AIM – Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere | Success |
| 2008-04-16 17:01:00 UTC | C/NOFS | Success |
| 2008-10-19 17:47:23 UTC | IBEX – Interstellar Boundary Explorer | Success |
| 2012-06-13 16:00:00 UTC | NuSTAR – Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array | Success |
| December 2012 | IRIS – Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph SMEX | Queued |
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