Launch of NPOESS satellite faces delays, GAO says

The launch of the first satellite in the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) will be delayed 21 months due to budget cuts, creating the potential for a gap in satellite coverage, congressional hearing witnesses said July 15. The Bush Administration's fiscal...

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