Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Aircraft
- Summary
- This pylon was used to carry a U.S. ASAT (anti-satellite) missile below its launch aircraft. The ASAT missile was developed by the U.S. Air Force in the early 1980s as the prototype of a vehicle meant to shoot down orbiting satellites. Launched by a high-flying aircraft, the ASAT was designed to home in and destroy enemy spacecraft by kinetic energy--a concept known as "hit-to-kill." A total of five ASATs were flight tested, including one launched from an F-15 fighter that intercepted and destroyed an obsolete U.S. satellite on September 13, 1985. The program was cancelled later that year.
- Boeing made this pylon and the U.S. Air Force donated it to the Museum in 1990.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the United States Air Force
- Inventory Number
- A19900065000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- ARMAMENT-Miscellaneous
- Materials
- Stainless Steel, Plastic, Paint, Steel, Epoxy, Nylon, Synthetic Fabric, Rubber (Silicone), Cadmium Plating, , Adhesive, Aluminum, Foam, Stainless Fabric
- Dimensions
- Other: 4ft 2in. x 18ft 2in. (127 x 553.7cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19900065000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv988218d5b-c066-4431-bd76-295eecc73e8e
