Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Commercial Rocket Readied for Launch
From Times staff and wire reports
Engineers at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center made final preparations for the twice-delayed maiden launch of a Titan 3 rocket tonight, the most powerful commercially developed booster built by an American company. The launch will mark the entry of Martin Marietta into the business of commercial launches. The 155-foot booster is scheduled to lift off at 7:20 p.m. EST with a 14,700-pound Japanese communications satellite and a 3,230-pound British military satellite.
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