Faulty Athena Shroud Ruins Ikonos 1 Launch
The failed separation of a payload shroud kept the commercial world's first 1-meter-resolution Earth-imaging satellite from reaching orbit last week and raises questions about the business plan for Lockheed Martin Astronautics' Athena small launcher program. Telemetry and flight data analysis...
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