DSCS III launched on Atlas IIA from Cape Canaveral

A Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA orbited a third-generation Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS III) spacecraft Thursday night, after a week-long delay to check out an electrical problem with a timer on the spacecraft. Launch controllers at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station had to troubleshoot...

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