Sensor Mission Gets Clean Liftoff
Credit: WILLIAM G. HARTENSTEIN/AW&ST
NASA supervised a May 5 Delta II liftoff from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., carrying a prototype sensor technology payload for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency into a low-Earth polar orbit. The $400-million Space Tracking and Surveillance System Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (SSTS-ATRR) mission was...
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