October 10, 2019, at 9:59 p.m. — Northrop Grumman's Pegasus XL launches ICON to a low Earth orbit from Lockheed's L-1011 TriStar aircraft at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This photo captures 30 seconds of the rocket's flight, 100+ miles offshore of the Florida coast after being dropped from the Lockheed aircraft, which departed Cape Canaveral earlier in the evening.