Pegasus ICON Takeoff from VAFB
Northrop Grumman's L-1011 Stargazer soars upward after takeoff 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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NASA ID
VAFB-20181019-PH_RNS01_0027
Date Created
October 19, 2018
Center
KSC
Media Type
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Photographer
USAF 30th Space Wing/Rod Speed
Location
Hotpad, VAFB
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