Ikonos Launch Date Under Review, Slip Possible By Frank Sietzen, Jr. Washington Bureau Chief posted: 04:59 pm ET 12 August 1999 ET
From: Frank Sietzen [sietzen@erols
WASHINGTON -- The launch date for the Ikonos remote sensing satellite aboard an Athena rocket may slip from the current September 3 military manifest, space industry officials told space.com late Thursday. A final, firm date will be decided Friday morning following a review between the launch vehicle's builder, Lockheed Martin, and the U.S. Air Force at Vandenberg Air Base in California.
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