We will have comprehensive live launch coverage. No official decision yet on shuttle booster repair NASA officials have yet to select a plan to repair solid rocket booster cabling on space shuttle Atlantis. The repair plan chosen will impact the shuttle's scheduled January 18 launch date on a mission to deliver the Destiny research module to the international space station. GMT Booster repairs threaten to delay next shuttle launch Launch of the shuttle Atlantis next month on the next space station assembly mission faces a potentially significant delay because of work required to fix a crumbling electrical cable in the shuttle's booster separation system. Explore the Net Details emerge as Iridium's transfer of power wraps up The new company pumping life into the once-defunct Iridium satellite telephone system plans to relaunch the global communications service within the next couple of months.
Plans also call for seven more spacecraft to be launched into the constellation.
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