Interstellar Boundary Explorer (Q835898)

Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere

Small Explorer program

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IBEX official logo.jpg
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IBEX spacecraft model.png
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media legend

הדמיה של הלוויין (Hebrew)

Artist rendering of the IBEX spacecraft (English)

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follows

Explorers Program

Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere

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Small Explorer program

Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

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followed by

Explorers Program

Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array

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Small Explorer program

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19 October 2008

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capital cost

169,000,000 United States dollar

applies to part

space mission

point in time

2008

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https://www.spaceflightnow.com/pegasus/ibex/

start point

Bucholz Army Airfield

aerodrome

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Stargazer

mother ship

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space launch vehicle

Pegasus

serial number

F40

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Southwest Research Institute

operator

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https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/explorer_ibex.htm

UTC date of spacecraft launch

19 October 2008

refine date

17:47:23

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parent astronomical body

Earth

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apoapsis

220,886 kilometre

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https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=2008-051A

18 October 2008

288,819 kilometre

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https://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=33401

19 January 2022

periapsis

7,000 kilometre

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https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=2008-051A

18 October 2008

89,584 kilometre

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https://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=33401

19 January 2022

argument of periapsis

45.4837 degree

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https://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=33401

19 January 2022

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0.5093472

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https://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=33401

19 January 2022

orbital inclination

10.99 degree

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https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=2008-051A

18 October 2008

44.9273 degree

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https://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=33401

19 January 2022

orbital period

396,240 second

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https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=2008-051A

18 October 2008

860,795.75 second

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https://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=33401

semi-major axis of an orbit

19 January 2022

195,580 kilometre

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https://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=33401

19 January 2022

mean anomaly

3.9013 degree

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https://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=33401

Southwest Research Institute

19 January 2022

manufacturer

general contractor

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https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/explorer_ibex.htm

Orbital Sciences Corporation

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/explorer_ibex.htm

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powered by

spacecraft solar array

nominal power output

116 watt

power consumed

66 watt

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https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/explorer_ibex.htm

https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2008-051A

service entry

January 2009

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height

58 centimetre

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https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2008-051A

107 kilogram

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https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2008-051A

80 kilogram

criterion used

dry weight

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https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2008-051A

462 kilogram

together with

Star 27

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https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2008-051A

diameter

95 centimetre

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https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2008-051A

official website

http://ibex.swri.edu/

language of work or name

English

reason for deprecated rank

URL redirection

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imported from Wikimedia project

English Wikipedia

https://ibex.princeton.edu/

language of work or name

English

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https://www.nasa.gov/ibex

language of work or name

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MicroStar-2

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https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/explorer_ibex.htm

space tug

Star 27

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https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2008-051A

epoch

January 19, 2022

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https://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=33401

principal investigator

David McComas

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