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
Watch Live
📺 Watch on YouTube
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.
Height
LEO Payload
Total Launches
Status
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
Watch Live
📺 Watch on YouTube
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