Sputnik HETE-2 verhom na Pegase
12.10.2000 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

9 oktyabrya modificirovannyi variant samoleta L-1011 firmy Lokhid pod nazvaniem Stargeizer vzletel s tihookeanskogo atolla Kvadzhalein, unosya pod svoim fyuzelyazhem krylatuyu raketu Pegas s raspolozhennym vnutri nee astronomicheskim sputnikom HETE-2 (High Energy Transient Explorer - 2, to est' "issledovatel' tranzientnyh istochnikov izlucheniya vysokoi energii").