Orbital Sciences Corp. launched

Orbital Sciences Corp. launched the Orbview-3 commercial remote-sensing satellite for its Orbital Imaging Corp. spinoff June 26 on a Pegasus rocket staging out of Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The winged solid-fuel rocket dropped from Orbital's L-1011 carrier aircraft at 2:55 p.m. EDT, and deployment of...

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