By Jason Rhian, on June 25th, 2013 The planned launch of an Orbital Pegasus XL rocket has been delayed a day due to range power issues. Photo Credit: Randy Beaudoin, VAFB / NASA
The launch of an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket with NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) will have to wait a little longer. The launch is […]
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By Ben Evans, on June 25th, 2013 Deployed from beneath the L-1011 aircraft, Pegasus-XL utilizes three solid-fuelled stages to deliver payloads weighing up to 980 pounds into low-Earth orbit. Wednesday’s flight will be the 42nd Pegasus mission since April 1990. Photo Credit: NASA / Orbital Sciences Corp.
Orbital Sciences Corp. is ready to boost its 42nd Pegasus air-launched rocket aloft […]
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By Ben Evans, on April 21st, 2013 The IRIS spacecraft arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on 16 April, ahead of its scheduled flight aboard a Pegasus air-launched booster on 28 May. Photo Credit: NASA
Six weeks before its scheduled launch, NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) satellite was delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., last week for […]
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