Pegasus launches Air Force satellite in all-Orbital mission

An air-launched Pegasus rocket orbited the Air Force's Tri-Service Experiments Mission 5 (TSX-5) satellite yesterday in an all-Orbital Sciences mission staging out of Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Orbital's L-1011 carrier aircraft took off from Vandenberg at 8:20 a.m. EDT, and dropped the Pegasus at 9:20 a...

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