NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

IBEX

Launch Time
Sun Oct 19, 2008 17:47 UTC

Rocket

Pegasus XL
Northrop
Status: Active
Price: $40.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 561 kN
Payload to LEO: 443 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 17.6 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.15 m
Fairing Height: 2.13 m

Mission Details

IBEX

Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is a NASA satellite that is making a map of the boundary between the Solar System and interstellar space.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 107.0 kg
High Earth Orbit

Location

Stargazer, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Marshall Islands

Stats

2008

53rd orbital launch attempt

Pegasus

40th mission
2nd mission of 2008
35th successful mission
26th consecutive successful mission