USAF Hybrid Launcher Meets
The U.S. Air Force's first hybrid launch vehicle--combining motors from deactivated Minuteman II ICBMs and Orbital Sciences Corp. Pegasus XL boosters--worked as planned, with orbit insertion numbers well within the target. Program officials said that while the initial performance looks promising, an...
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