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Taurus rocket will launch a Taiwanese satellite

Dulles, Usa - It is the return-to-flight of Orbital Sciences Corporation

Taurus XL booster makes its maiden flight from pad 576-East at California's Vandenberg Air Force is scheduled for 17:47 GMT. The day's launch window extends to 1810:19 GMT. The four-stage launcher will deliver the ROCSAT 2 cargo into 723 km circular orbit inclined 99.1 degrees to the equator about 14 minutes after liftoff. Built by Astrium of France, ROCSAT 2 is the second Earth observation satellite...

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Rome, Italy, 05/20/2004 17:02
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