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Air Launch Died the Same Week Responsive Space Arrived

Pegasus XL's final flight ended the only operational orbital-class air-launch system the same week VICTUS HAZE delivered a 17-hour tactical call-up from a fixed pad. Responsiveness turned out to be a software and operations problem, not an aircraft problem.

Air Launch Died the Same Week Responsive Space Arrived
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Pegasus XL's final flight ended the only operational orbital-class air-launch system the same week VICTUS HAZE delivered a 17-hour tactical call-up from a fixed pad. Responsiveness turned out to be a software and operations problem, not an aircraft problem.

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