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\h        PEG/Orbital Engineering Team Lead: Steve Hollo: This is PEG on the countdown net.

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\h        We still have LOS. The reason is the airborne aircraft that was sent up to

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\h        receive telemetry downrange did not pick up a signal, was not able to track the signal.

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\h        That was not a problem associated with the Pegasus launch vehicle.

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\h        As we saw, the local range telemetry was strong until we went over the radio horizon.

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\h        We have a report that IRIS is being tracked by the TDRS satellites.

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\h        Those satellites re reading telemetry from the spacecraft,

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\h        obviously separated successfully from Pegasus, through  their ground stations.

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\h        So congratulations IRIS. This ends the Pegasus mission and begins the IRIS mission to study the sun.

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\h        (Applause)

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\h        George Diller/IRIS Launch Commentator: So, confirmation that we have had

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\h        IRIS spacecraft separation from the Pegasus rocket.