Range safety controllers destroy Pegasus XL with STEP-3 aboard.
The second flight of Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Pegasus XL upgrade ended yesterday like the first, with an Air Force range safety officer sending a command destruct signal after an inflight malfunction. A spokesman for Vandenberg AFB, Calif., where the OSC L-1011 launch platform started its flight...
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