| Event ID: | 34590 |
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| Organization: | NASA |
| Event Web Site: | http://www.nasa.gov |
| Dates: | 10th October 2019 to 10th October 2019 |
| Physical Event: | Yes |
| Type: | Rocket Launch |
| Start/End Type: | Starts During WSW |
| Country: | United States |
| State/Province: | Florida |
| City: | Cape Canaveral |
| Address: | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
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| Event Name: | Launch of NASA ICON |
| Event Description: | Tonight marks the launch of #NASAICON, a @NASASun mission to study how space weather manifests in Earth's atmosphere. After almost a year of waiting, Northrop Grumman will once again attempt to air-launch its Pegasus XL rocket on Wednesday, which will send NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer science mission, or ICON spacecraft to study the region of near-Earth space, called the ionosphere. But this isn't a regular type of launch. Instead of seeing a vertical rocket take flight from one of the launch pads here at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station or Kennedy Space Center, the Pegasus rocket will instead be air-dropped by Grumman's Stargazer aircraft. |
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| Attendance: | 0 |
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| Media Impressions: | 0 |
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