Pegasus ICON Takeoff from VAFB
Northrop Grumman's L-1011 Stargazer is undergoing final preparations prior to its takeoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Oct. 1, 2019. The company's Pegasus XL rocket, containing NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), is attached beneath the aircraft. The explorer is targeted to launch on Oct. 9, 2019, from 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.
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NASA ID
VAFB-20191001-PH-RNB01_0006
Date Created
October 1, 2019
Center
KSC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Randy Beaudoin
Location
Hotpad, VAFB
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