ICON Mission

completedLaunch 2019-068

Launched 10/11/2019LEOService CGSat LEO O

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Payloads

Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.

1 payload

ICON

retired

Science Exploration

Launch Stack

Operator: Northrop Grumman
Launch Vehicle: Pegasus XL
Launch Site: Skid Strip, Cape Canaveral Air Station (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)US

Payload Summary

Payload Count: 1
Payload Status: retired 1
Payload Mission Types: Science Exploration 1

Mentions

All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

NASA paid $56.3 million for Pegasus to launch the ICON mission in 2014.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.6Jul 13, 2026Air Launch Died the Same Week Responsive Space Arrived

NASA’s most recent Pegasus XL contract, awarded in November 2014 for the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) mission, had a total cost of $56,400,000.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.7Jul 8, 2019SpaceX wins contract to launch NASA small astrophysics mission

NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) mission was scheduled to launch in late 2017 on a Pegasus XL rocket from Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific.

PlanValue 4.0Feb 28, 2019Pegasus woes continue to delay NASA mission