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KSC-04pd-2234

NASA / KSC · 2004-10-22 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Stargazer L-1011 aircraft is ready for flight with the Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft and Orbital Sciences Pegasus launch vehicle attached underneath. The Pegasus XL will launch DART at approximately 40,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean into a circular polar orbit of approximately 475 miles.

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Credit lineKSC-04pd-2234. NASA/KSC, 2004-10-22. Public domain. ID: 04pd2234.
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