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Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)

Pegasus XLOrbital Sciences CorporationVandenberg Space Force Base
Friday, June 28, 2013 · 02:27 AM UTCAdd to Calendar

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Vehicle

Pegasus XL

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The Pegasus is an air-launched rocket developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now part of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems). Capable of carrying small payloads of up to 443 kilogr...

Height17.6 m
LEO Payload443 kg
Launches72
Successes65

Provider

Orbital Sciences Corporation

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Mission Brief

The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) is a NASA Small Explorer Mission to observe how solar material moves, gathers energy, and heats up as it travels through a little-understood region in the sun's lower atmosphere.

PayloadInterface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)
OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit
CustomerOrbital Sciences Corporation
Stages3
PadVandenberg Space Force Base, Air launch to orbit

Mission Timeline

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Ground vector

Launch site

Site locked

Vandenberg Space Force Base

Air launch to orbit

Global range
SITE LOCK
Latitude
34.733°N
Longitude
120.568°W

Range Weather

Launch commit criteria

Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules

Tracking no weather issues at this time.

Primary concern
No weather issues
Rule count
0
Temperature
Not reported
Surface wind
Not reported
Window

02:27 AM UTC - 02:27 AM UTC

Schedule History

No delays or schedule changes recorded.