Pegasus orbits first two Orbcomm satellites
Orbital Sciences' Corp. said yesterday that an air-launched Pegasus rocket orbited the first two satellites in its new Orbcomm personal communications system. The Pegasus was dropped at 9:49 a.m. EDT from an L-1011 aircraft flying 40,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean about 50 miles off the California...
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