1.   The rocket had a minor problem during its first launch last October.

2.   Although the first launch is garnering all the publicity, it is by no means the most technical aspect of the massive Iridium program.

3.   As she left the planetarium with her mother and younger brother, Melissa talked excitedly of watching her first launch.

4.   But NASA officials are conceding the first launch will probably be delayed because of problems with the Russians.

5.   Cape Canaveral, the site of the first war time launch in the history of the shuttle program.

6.   Downtown, near the criminal court building, is a sight reminiscent of Cape Canaveral before the first moon launch.

7.   For Boeing, it will be the first launch of a rocket that allows it to send larger, heavier communications satellites into orbit.

8.   For Kennedy, it was not only his first launch, it also was his first trip to the space center named for his slain brother John.

9.   In the weeks leading up to the first launch, the satellites were tested and retested.

10.   Its first launch is set for New Orleans later this year.