IBEX To Pioneer New Method Of Raising Orbit

Set to launch Oct. 19, NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission will use a new orbit-raising method that could enable a variety of future small science missions to get beyond low Earth orbit without upgrading to large launch vehicles. Weighing 1,016 pounds at launch, IBEX will be placed...

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