Posted on 05/24/2005 4:34:58 PM PDT by KevinDavis
ARLINGTON, Virginia – The long-awaited and long-delayed debut of the privately-built Falcon 1 rocket has a launch date in sight.
"August would be a good bet," said Elon Musk, chairman and chief executive officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of El Segundo, California. The rocketeer and his team are anxiously awaiting liftoff of a Titan 4 carrying a classified payload from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California – now slated to take to the air around mid-July, he said.
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