36.296 Ug Black Brant IX was launched from White Sands Missile Range on November 20, 2013.The purpose of the Far-Ultraviolet Off-Rowland Telescope for Imaging and Spectroscopy mission was to study comet ISON. The Principal Investigator is Dr. Stephan McCadliss/Johns Hopkins University.

More information on this mission is available at:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sounding-rockets/news/fortis.html

http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/six-minute-journey-to-study-comet-ison/