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Taurus XL rocket launches Taiwan's new Earth observation satellite

Vandenber Village, Usa - The launch has been in the Vandenberg US Air Force Base, California

The first Taurus XL rocket, a beefed up model of Orbital Sciences’ small satellite launcher, darted into polar orbit Thursday (see AVIONEWS article). Following a smooth countdown, the four-stage rocket blasted off on-time at 1747 GMT. Fourteen minutes later, at 18:01 Taiwan’s ROCSAT 2 satellite has been deployed from the Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket. On 18:04 The ROCSAT 2 spacecraft has been del...

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Rome, Italy, 05/21/2004 15:28
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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