The Nation - News from May 22, 1988
A 204-foot Titan 4 rocket, which rivals the space shuttle in payload capacity, rolled to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for a flight expected in the fall. The exact launch date--and the cargo--are classified. Mounted atop a mobile launch platform pushed by two railroad locomotives, the towering rocket is the first of at least 23 new Titan 4 vehicles, the centerpiece of a planned $14-billion military space buildup, triggered in large part by the 1986 Challenger shuttle disaster.
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