CROSSING THEIR FINGERS
America's next civilian weather satellite, the Martin Marietta/Astro Space NOAA-J, is scheduled for launch Dec. 6 from California's Vandenberg AFB on a converted Atlas E intercontinental ballistic missile (see photo). This will be the first NOAA-series spacecraft launched since the loss of NOAA-13...
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