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.
Orbital Successfully Launches Rocsat-2 Satellite
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