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L-1011 aircraft carrying a Pegasus XL (SORCE)
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The L-1011 aircraft carrying a Pegasus XL rocket with NASA's Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) attached takes off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The L-1011 will release the rocket over the Atlantic Ocean at 39,000 feet. After separation from the rocket, initial contact with the satellite will be made and the mission team will insure that the spacecraft is functioning properly. The SORCE science instruments will then be turned on and their health verified.
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Credit lineL-1011 aircraft carrying a Pegasus XL (SORCE). NASA/KSC, 2003-01-25. Public domain. ID: KSC-03pd0182.
