Orbital Sciences CorporationPegasus XLVandenberg Space Force Base, Air launch to orbit
Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)
Launched
June 28, 2013
Image: NASA/Laurie Losey
Summary
Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Air launch to orbit on June 28, 2013. It was Orbital Sciences Corporation's 66th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 5,302nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 28th Pegasus XL flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). IRIS, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 624 × 671 km orbit inclined 97.9°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Pegasus IRIS Launch June 27,2013OrbitalSci
- Vehicle
- Pegasus XL · Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Heliophysics · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 28th Pegasus XL flight · 1st this yearOrbital Sciences Corporation's 66th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 5,302nd orbital launch attempt34th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
IRIS · NORAD 39197 · 2013-033 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2013-033A
- Epoch
- 2013-06-28 03:30:38 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.76516898 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.003366
- Inclination
- 97.9089°
- Ascending node
- 7.0533°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.1308°
- Mean anomaly
- 180.9984°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- IRIS · NORAD 39197 · in orbit
Pegasus F42 Stage 3 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) is a NASA Small Explorer Mission to observe how solar material moves, gathers energy, and heats up as it travels through a little-understood region in the sun's lower atmosphere.
Pad
Vandenberg Space Force Base, Air launch to orbit
21st launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, 1st this year · 42nd from Air launch to orbit
22 launches from this pad · 52 from Air launch to orbit
about 6 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) launch?
Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) launched on June 28, 2013. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)?
Coverage: Pegasus IRIS Launch June 27,2013. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)?
Pegasus XL, flown by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Pegasus XL spec sheet
Where did Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) launch from?
Vandenberg Space Force Base, Air launch to orbit.
What orbit did Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) reach?
IRIS, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 624 × 671 km orbit inclined 97.9°.
How many satellites did Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).