The IBEX satellite was mated to its Pegasus XL rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and the combined vehicle was then suspended below the Lockheed L-1011 Stargazer mother airplane and flown to Kwajalein Atoll in the Central Pacific Ocean, a several-hours-long flight [REF].
In June 2011 IBEX shifted to a new orbit that raised its perigee to more than .