Pegasus (disambiguation)

Pegasus (disambiguation)

In Greek mythology, Pegasus was a winged horse that was the son of Poseidon.

Pegasus may also refer to:

Astronomy and Aerospace

* Pegasus (constellation), a northern constellation
* Pegasus rocket, a winged space booster developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation
* Pegasus satellite program, a series of three satellites
* Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy, or "Peg DIG", a member of the Local Group of galaxies
* Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, or "Pegasus II", a member of the Local Group of galaxies, a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy

Computer Science

* Pegasus (computer), an early computer made by Ferranti
* Pegasus (Windows), a variation of Microsoft's Windows operating system for minimalistic computers and embedded systems
* Pegasus Mail, an email client for the DOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems
* Pegasus Software, a UK manufacturer of accounting software
* OpenPegasus, a WBEM implementation

Equestrianism

* Pegasus crossing, a type of pedestrian crossing in the United Kingdom which has a special consideration for horse riders
* Pegasus Stakes, a Grade III race for thoroughbred race horses held at Meadowlands Racetrack in October each year

Fiction

* Battlestar "Pegasus", a ship featured in the "Battlestar Galactica" television programs
* Maximillion Pegasus, a character from the anime and manga series "Yu-Gi-Oh!"
* Pegasus (Disney), a fictional flying horse in Disney's animated film, "Hercules"
* Pegasus ("Dungeons & Dragons"), a magical beast in the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy roleplaying game
* Pegasus (rocking horse), the old rocking horse owned and cherished by Maud in Barbara Willard's "The Richleighs of Tantamount"
* Pegasus (Sailor Moon), a character in the anime and manga series "Sailor Moon"
* Pegasus (Space Odyssey), spaceship featured in the BBC drama documentary television series "Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets"
* Pegasus Seiya, the main character of the manga/anime, "Saint Seiya"
* Pegasus-class mobile suit carrier, a class of mobile suit carriers in the Gundam Universe
* Project Pegasus, a fictional scientific base in the Marvel Comics universe which has been the location of a variety of stories
* Pegasus Galaxy (Stargate), the setting of "Stargate Atlantis", a fictionalized representation of one of the real-life galaxies named Pegasus
* Pegasus is the head of MI7 in Johnny English

Football

* Pegasus Athletic F.C., a football club based in England
* Pegasus F.C., an English amateur football club based in Oxford
* Pegasus Juniors F.C., a football club based in Hereford, England

Military

* HMH-463 - USMC CH-53 Sea Stallion squadron known as Pegasus
* HMS Pegasus - the name of a number of Royal Navy vessels
* Operation Pegasus (disambiguation)
* "Pegasus" class hydrofoil, a series of fast attack patrol boats employed by the U.S. Navy
* USS Pegasus
* X-47 Pegasus, a demonstration Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle
* Pegasus Bridge, a bridge over the Caen Canal
* SLWH Pegasus, a heli-portable howitzer

Music

* "Pegasus" (song), an instrumental song written by Dickey Betts from The Allman Brothers Band's 1979 album "Enlightened Rogues"
* Pegasus, a rock band, originally from the San Francisco area, that played Hollywood clubs in late '70s & early '80s.
* Pegasus Award, American music award

Television

* Pegasus Broadcasting Tower Cayey, a 332.5 m high guyed mast for TV transmission at Cayey, Puerto Rico
* "Pegasus" ("Battlestar Galactica"), an episode of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series
* "The Pegasus" ("TNG" episode), a seventh season episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
* "Letters from Pegasus" ("Stargate Atlantis" episode), a first season episode of "Stargate Atlantis"
* "The Pegasus Project" ("Stargate SG-1" episode), a tenth season episode of "Stargate SG-1"

Transportation

* Pegasus TMS - the Intermodal Transportation Management System;
* Aero Adventure Pegasus, a small civil utility aircraft currently under development in the United States for sale as a kitplane;
* Bristol Pegasus, a British 9-cylinder one-row air-cooled radial engine;
* HAI Pegasus, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle;
* Pegasus (Hovercraft), a DIY Hovercraft;
* Pegasus Airlines, an airline based in Istanbul, Turkey;
* Pegasus blue ice runway, the farthest and least-used of McMurdo Station's three frozen airstrips;
* Rolls-Royce Pegasus, a turbofan engine originally designed by Bristol and now manufactured by Rolls-Royce plc;
* A car made by Pegasus Automobile GmbH in Germany.

Other

* Pegasus (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster located at Mount Olympus Water and Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
* Pegasus (Efteling), a wooden junior coaster in the Netherlands
* Pegasus Bay, New Zealand
* Pegasus Cup, a Cambridge rowing prize first awarded in 2006
* The Wild Pegasus, a French Canadian professional wrestler

ee also

* Pigasus
* Flying horses, a disambiguation page


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