TOMS launched on Pegasus XL, one year late

An Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL launch vehicle placed the latest Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) in polar orbit for NASA early yesterday, almost one year later than originally planned because of development problems with the winged booster. Orbital's converted L-1011 Pegasus launch platform...

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