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Orbital Sciences Corp. Lockheed L-1011 launch aircraft flying off Cape Canaveral, Fla., drops the 52,000-lb. Pegasus XL winged booster carrying the NASA Sorce solar observation spacecraft (see p. 56). In this picture sequence, the Pegasus first stage ignites with 163,000 lb. thrust, in the bottom...
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