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Twice-Postponed Spy Satellite Launch From Central Coast Now Set For Tuesday

(ULA photo)
A Delta IV rocket set for launch Tuesday from VAFB

A new launch date has been set for a spy satellite from the Central Coast, after two scrubbed attempts.

United Launch Alliance officials say they have rescheduled the launch of the Delta Four rocket with the satellite for 5:57 p.m. Tuesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Technical issues resulted in the launch being postponed twice last weekend. If the weather conditions are good, it’s expected the launch will be visible from Los Angeles to the Bay Area.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral. 
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