Tag: IRIS

Pegasus Delivers IRIS to Orbit
By 2013.06.28 0 Comments Read More →

Pegasus Delivers IRIS to Orbit

Orbital Sciences Press Release: Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that its Pegasus® rocket successfully launched the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) satellite for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The IRIS spacecraft was deployed into its targeted orbit approximately 400 miles above the Earth and early results confirm that the satellite is […]

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Is Pegasus Nearing its Last Ride?
By 2013.06.27 0 Comments Read More →

Is Pegasus Nearing its Last Ride?

Following a one day delay due to a power outage in the area around Vandenberg AFB.  Orbital Sciences is preparing to launch  NASA’s IRIS satellite aboard the air launched Pegasus XL booster.  IRIS, which stands for Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, is designed to study the behavior of a little understood region of the sun’s atmosphere, the “interface”  region […]

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