Updated -- October 14, 2008 - 4:35 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Oct. 19 Mission: IBEX Launch Vehicle: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL Rocket Launch Site: Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll Launch Time: 1:48 p.m. EDT Launch Window:1:44 p.m. to 1:52 p.m. EDT Description: IBEX's science objective is to discover the global interaction between the solar wind and the interstellar medium and will achieve this objective by taking…
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