George Diller Commentator:Three
Two
One
Go for drop.
Mission Control: Pegasus is away on the IBEX mission.
All Pegasus safe and arms, have rotated to arm.
Stage one ignition.
George Diller: And ignition of the Pegasus rocket with IBEX mapping the interstellar
boundary, the beginning of our solar system's final frontier.
Mission Control: LC-PLT. Pegasus rocket supersonic attitude remains nominal maximum
stage one motor pressure.
George Diller: See the rocket burning as it heads away from the L-1011
Mission Control: Attitude 180 degrees and traveling approximately 1,500 mph. FAS is
working nominally all systems nominal.
George Diller: This is from the long range optical tracker at Kwajalein,
through the clouds.
Mission Control: Stage two TVC on. Stage two TVC voltage cut status nominal,
attitude nominal.
Stage one separation. Stage two ignition vehicle attitude nominal.
Power systems nominal. Stage two burn will last approximately 70 seconds.