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Pegasus ICON Takeoff from VAFB

USAF 30th Space Wing/Rod Speed2018-10-19

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Northrop Grumman's L-1011 Stargazer takes off from the hot pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Oct. 19, 2018. The company's Pegasus XL rocket, containing NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), is attached beneath the aircraft. The Pegasus XL rocket will launch from the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 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 and communications systems.

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  • Title: Pegasus ICON Takeoff from VAFB
  • Creator: USAF 30th Space Wing/Rod Speed
  • Date Created: 2018-10-19
  • Location: Hotpad, VAFB
  • Rights: KSC
  • Album: ajwatso3
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