FAA suspends Pegasus launch with eight ORBCOMM satellites

Officials at the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation (OCST) have suspended Orbital Science Corp.'s license to launch eight "Little LEO" messaging satellites on a Pegasus booster from Wallops Flight Facility, Va., Saturday because the Pegasus fourth stage does not contain provisions to...

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