Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences Corporation [NYSE: ORB] successfully launched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) satellite April 28 aboard the company’s Pegasus rocket. The 312-kilogram (690-pound) GALEX scientific satellite, designed and built by Orbital at its Dulles, Va., satellite-manufacturing facility was delivered into its targeted orbit approximately 690 kilometers (420 miles) above the Earth and inclined at 29 degrees to the equator, company officials said.
NASA’s GALEX Satellite Launched
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