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Tactical Satellite Launch Delayed By Part Glitch

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Monday, January 12th, 2009

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The planned Tactical Satellite-3 launch set for later this month will be postponed because an avionics component malfunctioned, the Air Force announced. Earlier, the launch had been set for last summer. That latest delay will provide experts time to work with the manufacturer to solve the problem. When a new launch date is set, TacSat-3 will launch from the NASA Wallops Island (Va.) Flight Facility. The satellite will carry three experiments: The Advanced Responsive Tactically Effective Military Imaging Spectrometer hyperspectral…

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