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
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Photos of thirteen rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base:
Pegasus-XL/Wide-Field Infra-red Explorer (WIRE) March 4, 1999
Atlas-IIAS/Terra December 18, 1999
Delta II/Gravity Probe B, April 20, 2004
Minotaur/Streak September 22, 2005
Titan IV/National Reconnaissance Office satellite, October 19, 2005
Minuteman III, February 16, 2006
Minuteman III, April 2, 2008
Target Launch Vehicle, September 24, 2008
Delta-II/GeoEye 1, September 6, 2008
Delta II/Jason 2, June 20, 2008
Delta II/COSMO-Skymed, October 24, 2008
Taurus/Orbiting Carbon Observatory, February 24, 2009
Delta-II/Worldview 2, October 28, 2009
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Aeroflot CCCP-82007, Brown Field, California, May 22, 1988,
Aeroflot RA-82031, Tushino Aerodrome, Moscow, Russia, August 18-1996,
Volga-Dnepr RA-82045, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, February 10, 2005,
Volga-Dnepr RA-82045, Victorville, California, March 14, 2006,
Antonov Design Bureau RA-82007, Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, June 24, 2006,
Polet Flight RA-82080, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, Arizona, January 14, 2011,
Polet Flight RA-82080, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, Arizona, January 15, 2011,
Volga-Dnepr RA-82068, Phoenix, Sky Harbor, Arizona June 15, 2016,
Antonov Design Bureau UR-82007, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, Arizona, July 29, 2019.
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Antonov An-225 RA-82060, Zhukovsky, Russia, September 3, 1993,
Boeing 747-8F N50217, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, September 2, 2010,
Cavok Air Antonov An-12B UR-CKL, Phoenix Sky Harbor, December 2, 2015,
Volga-Dnepr An-124 RA-82068, Phoenix Sky Harbor, June 15, 2016,
Volga-Dnepr Ilyushin Il-76 RA76951, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, August 27, 2017,
Atlas Air Boeing 747-47UF N499MC, Phoenix Sky Harbor, December 20, 2017,
Asia Pacific Airlines Boeing 727-223F N705AA, Phoenix Sky Harbor, July 22, 2018,
Fedex Express Airbus A300F4-605R N681FE, Phoenix Sky Harbor, August 24, 2018,
Fedex Express Boeing 777-FS2 N868FD, Phoenix Sky Harbor, August 24, 2018,
Fedex Express MD-11F N604FE, Phoenix Sky Harbor, August 26, 2018,
UPS Boeing 767-34AF(W) N311UP, Phoenix Sky Harbor, August 28, 2018,
Kalitta Charters II Boeing 737-436F N733CK, Phoenix Sky Harbor, September 4, 2018.
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Coulson Flying Tankers Martin JRM C-FLYL Hawaii Mars, Lake Elsinore, California, October 27, 2007,
NASA Boeing 747-123 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA/Endeavour, Edwards Air Force Base, December 10, 2008,
Lockheed C-5B Galaxy 87-0032, Nellis Air Force Base, April 25, 1997,
Volga-Dnepr Antonov An-124 RA-82068, Phoenix, Sky Harbor, June 15, 2016,
Saudi Arabian Boeing 777-368ER HZ-AK17, Los Angeles International Airport, January 19, 2015,
Delta Boeing 747-451 N668US, Phoenix Sky Harbor, January 8, 2016,
Antonov An-225 Mriya UR82060, Zhukovsky, Russia, September 3, 1993,
American Airbus A330-323 N273AY, Phoenix Sky Harbor, December 20, 2017,
Virgin Atalntic Airbus A340-642 G-VWKD, Los Angeles International Airport, January 19, 2015,
Asiana Airbus A380-800 HL7625, Los Angeles International Airport, May 3, 2016,
Lufthansa Boeing 747-830 D-ABYK, Los Angeles International Airport, January 19, 2015,
All Nippon Airlines Boeing 787-9 JA837A, Phoenix Sky Harbor, January 28, 2018,
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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.
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30th Space Wing
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