11. Several unmanned rocket launches are planned, but again, none in your time frame. 12. Somehow Russian officers who had been informed of the scientific rocket launch did not pass the message on. 13. That rocket launch created a wave of alarm across East Asia and has encouraged Japan to move toward developing a greater military capability. 14. That new launch date has to be established by the Air Force, which operates the Eastern range for all rocket launches from Cape Canaveral. 15. The Commerce Department failed to insure that Pentagon monitors were present when Hughes gave the Chinese lessons in commercial rocket launches that also had broad applications to ballistic missiles. 16. The company had to postpone its first rocket launch several times because of various problems before successfully sending its first batch of five satellites into orbit in May. 17. The manufacturers are approaching the test flight with the same methodical kind of check list that NASA uses for rocket launches. 18. The joint study found the rocket launch complied with requirements stated in an agreement between the two sides. 19. Thirty-four U.S. shuttle flights and nine Russian rocket launches will be required to complete it. 20. A rocket launch scheduled to put a radio telescope in orbit Tuesday was postponed for at least a day because of strong winds, officials said. |