GPS IR-M launch held up as Boeing addresses Delta battery issue

Jefferson Morris August 24, 2005
The launch of the Global Positioning System IIR-M1 spacecraft aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket is being delayed until mid-September at the earliest as Boeing tries to diagnose recent problems with the batteries used in the Delta rocket family's flight termination systems. The batteries power the...

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