Category:IBEX

**Interstellar Boundary Explorer**
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Instance of	research satellite; artificial satellite of the Earth;
Part of	Small Explorer program;
Country of origin	United States;
Operator	Southwest Research Institute;
Start point	Bucholz Army Airfield (aerodrome); Stargazer (mother ship);
Manufacturer	Southwest Research Institute (general contractor); Orbital Sciences Corporation (spacecraft bus, subcontractor);
Space launch vehicle	Pegasus (F40);
UTC date of spacecraft launch	19 October 2008 (17:47:23);
Type of orbit	high Earth orbit;
Service entry	January 2009;
Significant event	rocket launch (Kwajalein, 2008);
Powered by	spacecraft solar array (116 watt, 66 watt);
Mass	107 kg (launch weight);
Diameter	95 cm;
Height	58 cm;
Follows	Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (Explorers Program, 90); Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (Small Explorer program, 9);
Followed by	Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (Explorers Program, 92); Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (Small Explorer program, 11);
Capital cost	169,000,000 United States dollar (2008, space mission);
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