VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft leaves the Astrotech building to head for Hangar 1555 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. In the hangar, IBEX will be mated with the Pegasus XL rocket for launch. The IBEX satellite will make the first map of the boundary between the Solar System and interstellar space. IBEX is targeted for launch from the Kwajalein Atoll, a part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean, on Oct. 19 aboard the Pegasus rocket dropped from under the wing of an L-1011 aircraft flying over the Pacific Ocean. The Pegasus will carry the spacecraft approximately 130 miles above Earth and place it in orbit. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Liberotti, VAFB KSC-08pd3063
Summary
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft leaves the Astrotech building to head for Hangar 1555 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. In the hangar, IBEX will be mated with the Pegasus XL rocket for launch. The IBEX satellite will make the first map of the boundary between the Solar System and interstellar space. IBEX is targeted for launch from the Kwajalein Atoll, a part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean, on Oct. 19 aboard the Pegasus rocket dropped from under the wing of an L-1011 aircraft flying over the Pacific Ocean. The Pegasus will carry the spacecraft approximately 130 miles above Earth and place it in orbit. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Liberotti, VAFB
Nothing Found.
Tags
kennedy space center
vandenberg
vandenberg air
interstellar
boundary
explorer
interstellar boundary explorer
ibex
spacecraft
astrotech
head
hangar
vandenberg air force base
california
pegasus
rocket
pegasus xl rocket
satellite
ibex satellite
map
first map
solar
system
solar system
space
kwajalein
atoll
kwajalein atoll
marshall
islands
marshall islands
pacific
ocean
pacific ocean
pegasus rocket
aircraft
earth
orbit
dan
liberotti
vafb
vafb ksc
air force
high resolution
maps
nasa
Date
19/08/2008
Location
Source
NASA
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain Dedication (CC0)