Orbital launches NASA's WIRE spacecraft on a Pegasus
NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) spacecraft reached its 340-mile circular orbit after a delayed launch Thursday aboard an Orbital Sciences Corp. Pegasus XL booster staging out of Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The air-launched Pegasus was dropped from its L-1011 carrier plane at 9:57 p.m. EST and...
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