Failed Block IIR Launch

The Delta II rocket carrying the first Block IIR satellite was launched from Pad 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Station on 17 January 1997 at 16:28 UTC but blew up about 13 seconds later.

Stories, images, movies, and sound files of the attempted launch can be found at FLORIDA TODAY Space Online.

A Reuter's story on the launch failure can be found at the Yahoo and Fox News Web sites. The Fox News site has a video of the launch.

An Associated Press story on the launch failure via The Washington Post..

Another Associated Press story on the launch failure via The Washington Post.

A CNN story on the launch failure including images and movie.