DOD decision pending on ICBM conversion for smallsat launch

Defense Secretary William Perry's office is studying an Air Force request to convert five Minuteman missiles into launch vehicles for small satellites, and Perry could make a decision in 30 or 40 days if no bureaucratic snags develop. Dennis Granato, an official in the office of the under secretary...

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