Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] officials yesterday said that its Taurus XL rocket successfully boosted the Republic of China’s Rocsat-2 remote sensing satellite into low-earth orbit. The rocket was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1:47 p.m. EDT. Rocsat-2 separated from the launch vehicle about 14 minutes later and was placed into orbit approximately 735 kilometers above the Earth, inclined at 99.1 degrees to the equator.