Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
IRIS
The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), also called Explorer 94, is a NASA solar observation satellite. The mission was funded through the Small Explorer program to investigate the physical conditions of the solar limb, particularly the chromosphere of the Sun. The spacecraft consists of a satellite bus and spectrometer built by the Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL), and a telescope provided by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. IRIS is operated by LMSAL and NASA's Ames Research Center.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 183.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Location
Stargazer, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Stats
2013
34th orbital launch attempt
Pegasus
42nd mission
1st mission of 2013
37th successful mission
28th consecutive successful mission