NASA’s latest sun-observing spacecraft is safely in orbit - TopicsExpress



          

NASA’s latest sun-observing spacecraft is safely in orbit following an air launch aboard an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket. IRIS, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph spacecraft, left Vandenberg Air Force base at 6:30 p.m. PDT strapped to the belly of Orbital’s Stargazer carrier aircraft. The Stargazer released IRIS over the Pacific Ocean at 7:27 p.m. PDT (02:27 Friday UTC) from an altitude of 39,000 feet. More here >> planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/20130627-iris-orbit-eye-atmosphere.html
Posted on: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 19:54:57 +0000

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