Taurus XL with ROCSAT-2 launched from Vandenberg AFB. 05-20-2004

The first Taurus XL rocket, a beefed up model of Orbital Sciences' small satellite launcher, darted into polar orbit Thursday, deploying a Taiwanese spacecraft and potentially attracting customers for future missions.
ROCSAT-2 was a high-resolution photographic surveillance satellite with a daily revisit capability. 05-20-2004