1988
Darpa awarded Orbital Sciences a contract for up to six Pegasus launches in 1988, and the air-launched booster made its first flight in 1990, becoming the first privately developed launch vehicle. Darpa subsequently sponsored development of a ground-launched variant, the Taurus, as a small satellite...
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