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Pegasus ICON Horizontal Prior to Mate

NASA/Randy Beaudoin2018-05-11

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) is in the horizontal position May 11, 2018, inside a clean room in Building 1555 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. ICON is being prepared to be attached to the Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket. The explorer will launch on June 15, 2018, from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands (June 14 in the continental United States) on the Pegasus XL rocket, which is attached to the company's L-1011 Stargazer aircraft. ICON will study the frontier of space - the dynamic zone high in Earth's atmosphere where terrestrial weather from below meets space weather above. The explorer will help determine the physics of Earth's space environment and pave the way for mitigating its effects on our technology, communications systems and society.

Details

  • Title: Pegasus ICON Horizontal Prior to Mate
  • Creator: NASA/Randy Beaudoin
  • Date Created: 2018-05-11
  • Location: Bldg 1555
  • Rights: KSC
  • Album: ajwatso3

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