Cape Canaveral's next scheduled rocket launch has been delayed 10 days, from July 30 to Aug. 10, the Air Force announced today. Engineers need more time to test a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket component that will help the protective fairing around the mission's payload separate properly during ascent.
The mission will launch the first in a new series of military communications satellites in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency program, or AEHF.
No launch window was immediately available for the AEHF-1 flight from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The Air Force said the 10-day delay would not affect later Cape launches on ULA vehicles, including a Delta IV Heavy launch targeted for Oct. 19 and another Atlas V on Nov. 17.
IMAGE: A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the Air Force's Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) launched from its Launch Complex-41 launch pad on April 22, 2010.
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