ATK SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCH U.S. AIR FORCE SATELLITE ABOARD TITAN IV B ROCKET.

Advanced Materials & Composites News,  September, 2000  

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ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) of Minneapolis said a Lockheed Martin Titan IV B rocket powered by two Solid Rocket Motor Upgrade (SRMU) boosters designed and manufactured by ATK Aerospace Propulsion Company, Magna, Utah, successfully launched a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on 17 August.

Jeff Foote, president, ATK Aerospace Propulsion Company, said the two 112-foot-long SRMU boosters performed flawlessly in support of the launch, continuing the company's record of 100-percent mission success. Foote said the launch ...

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