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IRIS Mission

completedLaunch 2013-033
Launched 6/28/2013LEOService CGSat SSO O
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
IRIS (2013-033A)
active
Science Exploration
LEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
6/28/2013
Launch ID
2013-033
Launch Profile
Sat SSO O
Service Type
CG
Customer Type
G
Orbit
LEO
Launch Stack
Operator
Northrop Grumman
Launch Vehicle
Pegasus XL
Launch Site
RW30/12, Vandenberg AFB, CaliforniaUS
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
active 1
Payload Mission Types
Science Exploration 1
Track
Mentions
2
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

NASA paid $40 million for Pegasus to launch the IRIS mission in 2013.

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Space Micro’s µXTx-200 supports BPSK, QPSK, and OQPSK modulation, has a frequency accuracy of ±50 ppm, requires 28 V supply, consumes up to 80 W, has a mass of 2.3 kg, measures 208 x 152 x 0.066 m, and has flown on the NASA IRIS mission.

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