US Delays Titan 4 Launch Over Canadian Safety Concerns

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US Delays Titan 4 Launch Over Canadian Oil Rig Concerns

File photo of a Titan 4 launch from Vandenburg AFB.

Ottawa (AFP) Apr 08, 2005
The United States has agreed to delay a Titan 4 launch planned for this week after Canada's Defense Minister Bill Graham voiced concerns last Thursday that rocket debris could fall on offshore oil platforms.

The US Defense Department's decision was taken after Newfoundland Prime Minister Danny Williams ordered the evacuation of hundreds of oil workers in his Atlantic coast province ahead of Monday's planned launch.

Canada "strongly urged" the United States to postpone the launch due to concerns that debris from the Titan 4 rocket, which was to be launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, would fall on the platforms.

Debris were expected to fall 27 kilometers (17 miles) from the Hibernia oil platform used by a consortium that includes ExxonMobil Canada, Chevron Canada Resources and Petro-Canada.

The platform is 350 kilometersmiles) southeast of Newfoundland.

The delay will allow the United States "to calculate a new trajectory, or whatever else they're going to do," Graham told reporters.

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Kazakhs, Russians Create Space Venture

Astana, Kazakhstan (UPI) Apr 05, 2005
Russia and Kazakhstan have signed founding documents for a joint space venture, Russian space officials said Tuesday. The center will be named Baiterek and planned for completion by the en d of 2008, Russian media reported earlier.

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