Pegasus/AIM launch, April 25, 2007 |
The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission was launched into orbit by an Orbital Sciences Pegasus-XL booster at 1:26 PM PDT on Wednesday, April 25, 2007. The rocket was carried to the launch position off the Pacific coast near Monterey by Orbital Sciences Lockheed L-1011 N140SC Stargazer, which staged out of Vandenberg Air Force Base.
This Antonov Design Bureau An-124 UR-82027 showed up at Vandenberg from Rome Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport by way of Bangor, Maine at 10:50 AM. Low lying clouds partially obscured the view of its approach.
Antonov Design Bureau An-124 UR-82027.
Orbital Sciences Lockheed L-1011 N140SC Stargazer took off with the Pegasus-XL/AIM at 12:27 PM PDT. The crew of Stargazer initiated the drop of the booster at 1:26 PM PDT. The four-stage rocket successfully boosted the AIM satellite into orbit 350 miles above the Earth.
Stargazer passed overhead southbound about 20 minutes after the launch of the Pegasus-XL.
Stargazer returned from the successful launch of the AIM mission just after 2:00 PM.
Orbital Sciences Lockheed L-1011 N140SC Stargazer
Orbital Sciences Lockheed L-1011 N140SC Stargazer
More Orbital Sciences Corporation L-1011, N140SC Stargazer photos.
More Antonov An-124 Ruslan photos.
More Vandenberg AFB
launch photography.
Link to the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere mission web site.Link to Encyclopedia Astronautica's Pegasus XL launch chronology.
Link to NASA Dryden's L-1011 Photo Gallery Contact Sheet.
Link to the Orbital Sciences Corporation home page.
The home page of the
30th Space Wing
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Antonov Design Bureau An-124 UR-82027 at Vandenberg Air Force Base on April 25
Orbital Sciences Lockheed L-1011 N140SC Stargazer at Vandenberg Air Force Base on April 25
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