Orion 50S
The named Orion 50S solid motor used as the first-stage motor of the original three-stage Pegasus Standard vehicle. The exact motor identity is source-backed; historical developer/manufacturer attribution is intentionally left unlinked because the consulted official sources do not establish one unambiguous canonical actor boundary.
Identity
- Aliases
- Orion 50 SPegasus Stage 1 Orion 50S
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- solid-rocket-motor
- Name
- Orion 50S
- Status
- unknown
Details
- Description
- The named Orion 50S solid motor used as the first-stage motor of the original three-stage Pegasus Standard vehicle. The exact motor identity is source-backed; historical developer/manufacturer attribution is intentionally left unlinked because the consulted official sources do not establish one unambiguous canonical actor boundary.
- Propellants
- solid composite propellant
Links
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- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 15:44:07 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 15:44:07 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-01
- Note
- NASA's launch-vehicle table identifies Pegasus Standard as a three-stage vehicle with one Orion 50S first-stage motor, one Orion 50 second-stage motor, and one Orion 38 third-stage motor.
- Publisher
- NASA
- Title
- Aeronautics and Space Report of the President, 1998
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-01
- Note
- Northrop Grumman's Orion series chart distinguishes Orion 50S from Orion 50 and maps the S suffix to the first-stage motor position.
- Publisher
- Northrop Grumman
- Title
- Orion Motor Series