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Pegasus XL | Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)

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Mission

Astrophysics · LEO

Designed to image high-energy X-ray radiation, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) is tasked with surveying regions surrounding the center of own Milky Way Galaxy and performing deep observations of the extragalactic sky, studying black holes and supernovas.

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