
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, July 24, 1990                   TAG: 9007240382
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA.                                LENGTH: Short

LAUNCH DELAYED

An electrical problem forced postponement of Monday's third attempt to launch an unmanned Atlas rocket carrying a government satellite.

The problem lies in a switch to shift electrical power from the ground to batteries on the booster.

Jack Isabel, spokesman for rocket builder General Dynamics, said another launch date will not be set until the switch is repaired or replaced.

The rocket's payload, the $189 million Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite, is a joint program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Defense Department.

-Associated Press

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