Propellant adjustment issue prompts slip in NRO launch
Launch of a classified payload on an Atlas 2AS rocket, originally slated for Aug. 25 from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., has been slipped to Sept. 8 because of a problem involving an adjustment in propellant use on the rocket's main liquid engines. The Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center, Los...
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