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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — On a runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Orbital Sciences Stargazer L-1011 aircraft takes off at 4:26 p.m. EDT with its underbelly cargo of the Pegasus XL rocket-AIM spacecraft. The aircraft will release the Pegasus XL rocket at a drop point over the Pacific Ocean, 100 miles offshore west-southwest of Point Sur, Calif. AIM, which stands for Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, is being prepared for integrated testing and a flight simulation.
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