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ULA’s Delta IV Upper Stage Launch Anomaly Investigation Closes, Official Says

ULA’s Delta IV Upper Stage Launch Anomaly Investigation Closes, Official Says
A Delta IV rocket from a GPS IIF launch in February. Photo: ULA.

United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) investigation into an October 2012 launch anomaly wrapped up last week, a company official said Thursday. Though ULA Director of Mission Management Ron Fortson said during a conference call previewing the Thursday Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-6 launch the report was complete, he didn’t say when it would be released nor if it would be made public. Fortson also didn’t provide the results. ULA deferred to the Air Force for comment Friday. The Air Force did…

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