Last-minute glitch pushes GOES-N launch to no earlier than October
A battery problem with the spacecraft's Delta IV rocket discovered in the last five minutes of the countdown scuttled NASA's latest attempt to launch the GOES-N weather satellite on Aug. 16. As the rocket's onboard power systems were being brought online, technicians became concerned with voltage...
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