Rocket Ranch - Episode 16: An ICONic Launch

The Rocket Ranch by Amanda Griffin

The air-launched Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL is the vehicle selected to launch NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON.

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