Problem scrubs Atlas 3 launch of final UFO satellite

A Dec. 15 attempt to launch an Atlas III carrying the U.S. Navy's final Ultra-High Frequency Follow-on (UFO) satellite was scrubbed when a mechanism attaching the rocket to the pad was colder acceptable. Technicians inspected the "bolt-cutter" mechanism Dec. 16, and probably will have to replace the...

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