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NASA late last week was preparing for the planned Aug. 18 launch of a new, low-cost auroral research spacecraft on board an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL booster to be dropped from its L-1011 carrier aircraft off Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The 422-lb. (192-kg.) spacecraft, designated the Fast Auroral...
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