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VAFB-20190910-PH_RNB01_0004
VAFB-20190910-PH_RNB01_0004

NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) is attached to the Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket inside Building 1555 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sept. 10, 2019. Preparations are underway to perform a black light test on Pegasus before the port and starboard payload fairings are installed around ICON. The Pegasus XL rocket, attached beneath the company's L-1011 Stargazer aircraft, will launch ICON from the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch is scheduled for Oct. 9, 2019. ICON will study the frontier of space - the dynamic zone high in Earth's atmosphere where terrestrial weather from below meets space weather above. The explorer will help determine the physics of Earth's space environment and pave the way for mitigating its effects on our technology and communications systems. Photo credit: NASA/Randy Beaudoin
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Taken on: September 10, 2019
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Camera: Nikon D7100, f/8.0, 1/50 sec, 24mm (=36mm), ISO 2000 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Nikon D7100
Lens: 18.0-140.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length: 24mm (35mm equivalent: 36mm)
ISO: 2000
Exposure Bias: +1/3 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Spot
White Balance: Auto
Gain Control: High gain up
Saturation: Low
Sharpness: Hard
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 7.4 (Windows)
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