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Air Force Delays NROL-67 Launch Until April 10

Pat Host

Thursday, March 27th, 2014

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Air Force Delays NROL-67 Launch Until April 10

Aerojet Rocketdyne currently provides rocket engines used in United Launch Alliance's Atlas V launch vehicles. Photo: ULA.

The Air Force has delayed the launch of the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) NROL-67 satellite until no earlier than April 10 due to continuing issues with a mandatory range asset needed to support the effort, launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) said in a statement. The Air Force and ULA had originally planned the launch for Tuesday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. ULA said the Atlas V rocket will be rolled back to the vertical integration facility and…

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