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Interstellar Boundary Explorer
NASA satellite. Interstellar Boundary Explorer was launched on October 19, 2008 aboard a Pegasus XL from Kwajalein. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Oct 20, 2008).
COSPAR 2008-051ANORAD 33401United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- IBEX
- Common name
- Interstellar Boundary Explorer
- International designator
- 2008-051A
- NORAD catalog number
- 33401
- GCAT identifier
- S33401
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/562
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- SMEX
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Platform (bus)
- Microstar
Launch
- Date
- October 19, 2008 · 17:47 UTC
- Launch record
- 2008-051Success
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL
- Spaceport
- Kwajalein · pad RW06/24
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- DSO
- Perigee
- 12,260 km
- Apogee
- 304,347 km
- Inclination
- 21.38°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- October 20, 2008
- Last known active
- January 2023
Size
- Mass
- 107 kg
- Dry mass
- 80 kg
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diameter
- 1.00 m
- Span
- 1.0 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00870
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- October 20, 2008
- Phase outcome
- In orbit
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q835898 (CC0).