File:Lockheed TriStar launches Pegasus with Space Technology 5.jpg

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Description	English: Orbital Sciences' L-1011 jet aircraft releases the Pegasus rocket carrying the Space Technology 5 spacecraft with its trio of micro-satellites. The Pegasus will launch the trio of satellites in a "string of pearls" sequence on a near-Earth polar elliptical orbit that will take them from approximately 190 miles (300 kilometers) to 2,800 miles (4,500 kilometers) from the planet. The three spacecraft will conduct science validation using measurements of the Earth's magnetic field collected by the miniature boom-mounted magnetometers on each. Deutsch: Orbital Sciences' Lockheed L-1011 TriStar setzt eine Pegasus Rakete aus, die die drei Space Technology 5 Micro-Satelliten an Bord hat. (Ort: Luftraum der Vandenberg AFB, Kalifornien)
Date	22 March 2006
Source	https://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/#/Detail/3667 (formerly http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=28352)
Author	NASA

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	11:33, 6 October 2010	1,111 × 667 (249 KB)	GDK	Reverted to version as of 03:28, 7 December 2008 - too much artefacts from attempt to improve quality
	03:34, 7 December 2008	1,111 × 667 (264 KB)	Anynobody~commonswiki	cleaned up a tad
	03:28, 7 December 2008	1,111 × 667 (249 KB)	Anynobody~commonswiki	nixed extra empty sky so thumbnails show more airplane and rocket
	18:03, 5 April 2006	1,440 × 1,080 (75 KB)	Uwe W.	{{en}} Orbital Sciences' Lockheed L-1011 TriStar relases a Pegasus rocket carrying the Space Technology 5 spacecraft with its trio of micro-satellites on board. (Vandenberg AFB March 22, 2006) {{de}} Orbital Sciences' Lockheed L-1011 TriStar setzt eine P