IBEX
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
17:47:23
Sunday October 19, 2008
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IBEX
Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is a NASA satellite that is making a map of the boundary between the Solar System and interstellar space.
High Earth Orbit
1 Payload
107 kilograms
Rocket
Agency
NorthropPrice
$40.00 million
Rocket
Height: 17.6m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 443 kg
Liftoff Thrust
561 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 1.15m
Height: 2.13m
Stages
4
Launch Site
Stargazer
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Marshall Islands
Fastest Turnaround
186 days
Stats
Pegasus
40th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2008
2008
53rd
Orbital launch attempt