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Boeing Fires Up Engine for Delta IV Debut
ST. LOUIS, October 14, 2002 -- The Boeing Company completed a critical hot-fire rehearsal today at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The test sets the stage for the first flight of the Boeing Delta IV powered by the first U.S.-designed and built liquid-fueled rocket engine certified for flight in a generation.
The test firing of the Delta IV first stage propulsion system -- the Boeing Rocketdyne RS-68 engine -- was an integral part of a second launch dress rehearsal designed to help ensure the success of the rocket's first flight -- currently scheduled for mid-November. It was also the last major Delta IV development milestone for the rocket that was built by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, a business unit of The Boeing Company.
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