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Orbital
Sciences Corporation
ORB, one of the world's leading space
technology companies, announced that it successfully launched a Minotaur
I rocket in support of the Department of Defense Operationally
Responsive Space Office's ORS-3 mission earlier this evening.
Originating from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, located at NASA's
Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia, this mission marks the 25th
launch for the Minotaur rocket, all of which have been successful, and
the sixth Minotaur vehicle to be launched from the Wallops facility.
At approximately 8:15 p.m. (EST), the rocket's first stage ignited,
beginning its flight into low-Earth orbit. Approximately 12 minutes
after lift-off, the Air Force's Space Test Program Satellite-3
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