June 28, 2013 2:27 am

Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)

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Pegasus XL

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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.
Launch Overview
Window Open 02:27 UTC
Window Close 02:27 UTC
Lift Off Jun 28, 2013 · 02:27 UTC
Launch Facility Air launch to orbit
Launch Pad Vandenberg Space Force Base
Target Orbit Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer Orbital Sciences Corporation
Payload Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)
Rocket Pegasus XL
Destination Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship
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.

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Orbital Sciences Corporation
Vandenberg Space Force Base
Launch Overview
Window Open 02:27 UTC
Window Close 02:27 UTC
Lift Off Jun 28, 2013 · 02:27 UTC
Launch Facility Air launch to orbit
Launch Pad Vandenberg Space Force Base
Target Orbit Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer Orbital Sciences Corporation
Payload Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)
Rocket Pegasus XL
Destination Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship

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