Problems cause postponement of NRO satellite launch

Problems with a Hughes/National Reconnaissance Office data relay satellite have forced removal of its Atlas-Centaur booster from the pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., and a launch postponement. The satellite is being returned to the Hughes plant for modification. Designed link imagery...

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