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Manual's omission found to cause April 9 Titan IV/DSP failure

Staff August 18, 1999
An omission in documents dating back to 1978 caused the April 9 failure of a Titan IVB rocket's Inertial Upper Stage, sending a Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite into a useless orbit following launch from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., the U.S. Air Force Space Command said in its accident...

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