2013-033 Success
Pegasus XL | Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)
Jun 28, 2013, 02:27 AM UTC
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Vehicle
Pegasus XL
Agency
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Site / Pad
V / RW30/12
Outcome
Success
Flight
F42
COSPAR Designator
2013-033
Mission
Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) (Heliophysics)
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.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Pegasus XL
Provider
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Agency launches
66 (2 YTD)
Site launches
42 (1 YTD)
Pad launches
21 (1 YTD)