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Launch FailureOrbital Sciences Corporation
Pegasus XL: Space Test Experiments Platform 1 (STEP-1)
Failure:Flight termination after loss of vehicle control 35 seconds into flight
Monday, 27 June 1994
Mission Data
🇺🇸Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch VehiclePegasus XL
Vehicle FamilyPegasus
Vehicle Record29 of 32 launches (90.6%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record65 successes / 7 failures (90%)
Launch PadVandenberg Space Force Base
LocationAir launch to orbit ???
Orbital Launches This Year#38
Agency Launches This Year#3
Launches From This Pad22
Launches From This Site52
Status Note
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
About Pegasus XL
The Pegasus is an air-launched rocket developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now part of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems). Capable of carrying small payloads of up to 443 kilograms (977 lb) into low Earth orbit, the vehicle consists of three solid propellant stages and an optional monopropellant fourth stage. Pegasus is released from its carrier aircraft at approximately 40,000 ft (12,000 m), and its first stage has a wing and a tail to provide lift and attitude control while in the atmosphere.
Launch Site
Vandenberg Space Force Base · 34.7328°N 120.5681°W
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.