Pegasus launched with Brazilian satellite, NASA experiment

An Orbital Sciences Corp. Pegasus rocket launched the Brazilian SCD-2 environmental monitoring satellite last week, with one of the air-launched rocket's wings fitted with a NASA experiment to study hypersonic flight conditions. The Pegasus was launched late Thursday from Orbital's L-1011 flying...

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