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Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph
NASA solar observation satellite. Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph was launched on June 28, 2013 aboard a Pegasus XL from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2013-033ANORAD 39197United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- IRIS
- Common name
- Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph
- International designator
- 2013-033A
- NORAD catalog number
- 39197
- GCAT identifier
- S39197
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/725
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- SMEX
- Owner
- ARC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory
- Platform (bus)
- SMEX
Launch
- Date
- June 28, 2013 · 02:27 UTC
- Launch record
- 2013-033Success
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad RW30/12
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 621 km
- Apogee
- 662 km
- Inclination
- 97.90°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 183 kg
- Dry mass
- 183 kg
- Length
- 2.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.00 m
- Span
- 3.7 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q588628 (CC0).