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    DARPA Abandons F-15 Satellite Launch Plan After Propellant Explosions

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has ended its plans to use a modified version of F-15 fighter jet to launch satellite payloads into space after two unmanned tests of a pre-mixed propellant resulted in explosions, Space News reported Monday. Tests on the NA-7 propellant were part of DARPA’s Airborne Launch Assist Space Access program that seeks […] More