Range problem pushes Iridium launch back another day
First launch of Iridium low-Earth orbit communications satellites slipped another 24 hours yesterday when a microwave link on the range at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., went down. A spokesperson for McDonnell Douglas, supplier of the Delta II that is to orbit the first three Iridium satellites (DAILY, Jan...
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