Telemetry interference forces 24-hour QuikSCAT delay

Noise on a data circuit forced launch managers at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., to delay the start of NASA's QuikSCAT ocean scatterometer mission by a day, slipping the flight from today until tomorrow. NASA said the delay will give engineers time to troubleshoot the problem on a link from an inertial...

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