Officials scrubbed a classified National Reconnaissance Office payload launch from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., on Tuesday due to a “range instrumentation outage.” The 45th Space Wing “range experienced an issue with a mandatory range asset needed to support the launch,” said United Launched Alliance in a March 24 update. “The Atlas V and NROL-67 spacecraft have been secured” and the launch is being delayed “to no earlier than Wednesday,” ULA added. “Personnel are currently assessing the situation and working to identify the extent of repairs needed,” 45th SW officials stated in a Facebook update. There have been 68 consecutive successful national security launches and 98 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle launches to date, Air Force Space Command officials told the Daily Report. The next scheduled launch is a weather satellite slated to blast off from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., April 3.
In written testimony to the Senate, the nominee to oversee the Air Force’s installations and energy enterprise endorsed the continued privatization of military housing and called for the department to think more during the acquisition process about how it will power new weapons systems when the logistics supply chain is…
