ULA expects to isolate root cause of Atlas V anomaly in the next few days

By Courtney Albon / April 13, 2016 at 11:48 AM
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- United Launch Alliance said this week it will know "in the next few days" which component caused an anomaly in its Atlas V launch vehicle. ULA CEO Tory Bruno told Inside the Air Force during an April 12 interview at the National Space Symposium here that the company is "very close" to identifying the component that caused the Atlas V's first-stage RD-180 engine to shut down six seconds early during a March 22 International Space...

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