BY JUSTIN RAY

Follow the preparations and launch of the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket with OrbImage's OrbView 3 Earth-imaging spacecraft. Reload this page for the very latest on the mission.
Flight data file
Vehicle: Pegasus XL
Payload: OrbView 3
Launch date: June 26, 2003
Launch window: 1850-1905 GMT (2:50-3:05 p.m. EDT)
Mission staging site: Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
Satellite broadcast: None

Story on stage
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