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Posted by GoletaBrian
 - February 22, 2012, 11:21:45 AM

Orbital Sciences Corporation Lockheed L-1011, N140SC Stargazer began its career with Air Canada, registered as C-FTNJ in March 1974. Here it is at Los Angeles on April 13, 1974, just one month after being delivered to Air Canada.


Stargazer was displayed at the Vandenberg AFB Open House on April 9, 1995, just six days after it first launched a Pegasus booster. The white trailer is used to transport the Pegasus booster and to load it onto the Stargazer.


Stargazer on the flightline at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base on July 29, 1997. It was participating in Adaptive Performance Optimization experiments for the Dryden Flight Research Center.


Stargazer carried the High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI) spacecraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday February 1, 2002.


Stargazer was displayed at the Vandenberg Air Force Base Airshow on October 31, 2004


The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission was launched into orbit by an Orbital Sciences Pegasus-XL booster at 1:26 PM PDT on Wednesday, April 25, 2007.
Posted by Midnight Mover
 - September 25, 2009, 08:13:47 PM
Man, very cool ;)
Posted by KSBDphoto
 - September 23, 2009, 09:43:12 PM
Here is some more.....It launches the pegasus rocket. It went back to Mojave. It was here for a couple of months for engine upgrades and new landing gear.
Posted by Josh
 - September 23, 2009, 09:33:12 PM
Back in 2005.


Posted by Dragonskiss
 - September 23, 2009, 09:30:30 PM
Wow!  Great to see that the L-1011 is still flying!!  I remember when Delta used to have a mass of them.  Flying on those things was a treat for your ears.  Is that another charter-type carrier like Omni Air?
Posted by phantomphan1974
 - September 23, 2009, 09:28:37 PM
Great catch!!!  Its still based at Mojave right?
Posted by KSBDphoto
 - September 23, 2009, 09:27:09 PM
Some shots from last week at SBD