Aerospace system «Pegasus». Review based on foreign press materials for 1988—1996. I. Project «Pegasus»

1Gusynin, VP
1State Space Agency of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Kosm. nauka tehnol. 1998, 4 ;(1):113–119
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit1998.01.113
Publication Language: Russian
Abstract: 
We take a look at the purposes and causes of creating the aerospace system «Pegasus», the only one in operation at the moment. The fields of its application are considered. We give data about the engineering firms, about the cost of engineering and operation of the system, comparative characteristics of operative and prospective launchers of superlight and light classes.
Keywords: launchers, Pegasus, space-rocket vehicles
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