NASA’s ICON Rides Pegasus XL To Orbit
HOUSTON—NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) mission satellite was successfully launched late Oct. 10 aboard a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket carried aloft by the company’s L1011 Stargazer aircraft. ICON was released at an altitude of about 40,000 ft. over the Atlantic Ocean east of...
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