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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Orbital Sciences' L-1011 aircraft takes off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the Pegasus XL rocket/Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) under its belly. Release of the Pegasus was scheduled for about 8 a.m. over the Atlantic Ocean at an altitude of 39,000 feet at a location approximately 100 nautical miles offshore east-northeast of Cape Canaveral. Spacecraft separation from the Pegasus occurs 11 minutes later.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-03pd1285. NASA/KSC, 2003-04-28. Public domain. ID: KSC-03pd1285.
