RS-68 documentation issue delays next Delta IV launch

TRUST BUT VERIFY The U.S. Air Force will delay launch of its final Defense Satellite Communications Systems spacecraft by about a week--to late July or early August--to double-check manufacturing data on the Boeing Rocketdyne RS-68 engine in the mission's Delta IV first stage. The examination will...

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