Back স্টারগাজার (বিমান) Bengali/Bangla Stargazer (avión) Spanish Stargazer (aeromobile) Italian スターゲイザー (航空機) Japanese Stargazer (самолёт) Russian Stargazer (літак) Ukrainian 观星者号 (航空器) Chinese
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| Stargazer in Orbital ATK livery, flying over the Atlantic Ocean carrying a Pegasus XL rocket | |
| Type | Lockheed L-1011 TriStar |
| Construction number | 1 |
| Registration | N140SC |
| First flight | November 16, 1970 |
| Owners and operators | Orbital Sciences Orbital ATK Northrop Grumman |
| In service | 1976-Present |
| Status | Active |
Stargazer is a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar built in 1974, that was modified in 1994 for use by Orbital Sciences (now part of Northrop Grumman) as a mother ship launch pad for the Pegasus launch vehicle. As of October 2022[update], 45 rockets (containing nearly 100 satellites) have been launched from it, using the Pegasus-H and Pegasus-XL configurations.[1][2] As of 2019, Stargazer is the only L-1011 airframe still airworthy.[3]
- ^ "Aircraft Registration Database Lookup". www.airframes.org. Archived from the original on 2022-10-26. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ^ "Pegasus". Northrop Grumman. Archived from the original on 2023-07-26. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ Clark, Stephen (10 October 2019). "Rockets purchased by Stratolaunch back under Northrop Grumman control". Spaceflight Now. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
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