Delta III fails again, leaving satellite in wrong orbit

Boeing's new Delta III space launch vehicle failed again on its second attempt to lift a commercial satellite, getting the spacecraft off the ground but leaving it stalled in an orbit that suggests the rocket's upper stage didn't carry out a second engine firing properly. The Delta III with Loral...

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