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Northrop Grumman Pegasus

Launch vehicle
Pegasus is an air-launched launch vehicle developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation and now built and launched by Northrop Grumman. Pegasus is the world's first privately developed orbital launch vehicle. Wikipedia
Cost per launch: US$40 million
Derivative work: Minotaur-C
Diameter: 1.27 m (4 ft 2 in)
Family: Air launch to orbit
First flight: 5 April 1990; (Pegsat / NavySat)
Height: 16.9 m (55 ft) (Pegasus); 17.6 m (58 ft) (Pegasus XL)
Last flight: 13 June 2021; (TacRL-2 / Odyssey)