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Pegasus ICON Fairing Installation

NASA / KSC · 2018-10-04 · photograph (digital archive)

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Inside a clean room in Building 1555 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians install the first half of the Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL payload fairing around NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) on Oct. 4, 2018. ICON is being prepared for its launch on the Pegasus XL, which is attached to the company's L-1011 Stargazer aircraft, from the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch is scheduled for Oct. 26.

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ICON Ionospheric Connection Explorer NASA LSP Launch Services Program KSC Kennedy Space Center GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL LEOStar-2

Credit linePegasus ICON Fairing Installation. NASA/KSC, 2018-10-04. Public domain. ID: VAFB-20181004-PH_DNQ01_0026.

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