Stephanie Schierholz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
george.h.diller@nasa.gov
RELEASE: C10-033
NASA AWARDS LAUNCH SERVICES CONTRACT FOR IRIS MISSION
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected Orbital Sciences Corporation
of Dulles, Va., to launch the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph
spacecraft known as IRIS. The spacecraft will fly in December 2012
aboard a Pegasus XL rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
The total cost of the IRIS launch services is approximately $40
million. This estimated cost includes the task ordered launch service
for a Pegasus XL, plus additional services for launch site support,
integrated services, and support unique to the mission.
IRIS will make detailed measurements of the flow of energy and plasma
through the sun's atmosphere and heliosphere. The IRIS mission will
open a window of discovery into a crucial gap in current solar
observational capabilities.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., manages the IRIS
project. NASA's Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center is
responsible for program management of the launch services.
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