ULA Holds STP-3 Launch To Evaluate Upper-Stage Nozzle Oscillation

Irene Klotz June 04, 2021
United Launch Alliance Atlas V
Credit: United Launch Alliance file photo
CAPE CANAVERAL—United Launch Alliance (ULA) is standing down from its planned June 23 launch of an Atlas V rocket with the U.S. Air Force’s Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) spacecraft to review a potential issue with oscillations of the booster’s upper stage engine nozzle, the company said on June 4...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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