NOAA-L launch scrubbed automatically by possible ground flaw

A COMPUTER shut down yesterday's planned launch of the NOAA-L weather satellite on a Titan II rocket early yesterday after detecting a possible malfunction in ground equipment, the Air Force reported. Launch of the $267 million satellite from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., had been scheduled for a 10...

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