20th Pegasus orbits Teledesic LEO testbed, student satellite

Orbital Sciences Corp. orbited an experimental low Earth orbit Ka-band satellite for Teledesic and a NASA-sponsored student satellite early yesterday on the 20th Pegasus rocket to launch since it was introduced in 1990. Dropped at about 2:05 a.m. EST from Orbital's L-1011 carrier aircraft, operating...

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