USAF eyes use of Peacekeeper components for satellite launch
The Air Force's Space and Missiles Systems Center, anticipating the possibility that the Peacekeeper ICBM will be deactivated, is studying ways to use Peacekeeper motors and other components to launch satellites and suborbital payloads. If the force of 50 Peacekeepers is retired, as the Bush...
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