NRO satellite awaits launch at Cape Canaveral

A classified National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite is awaiting launch on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS later this month from Cape Canaveral, Fla., as soon as possibly faulty transistors in the rocket's avionics are replaced. The transistors are located in a Remote Control Unit (RCU), which...

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