Delta II shutdown traced to vernier engine that didn't start
Wednesday's on-pad abort of a Boeing Delta II launch vehicle carrying the U.S. Air Force's ARGOS satellite has been traced to the failure of one of the two vernier engines to ignite during the self-initiating sequence for the main engine, Boeing reported. The automatic sequence shut down the main...
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