Sentence examples for delay launchings from inspiring English sources

Mr. O'Keefe said the center would have the power to delay launchings or order more safety studies or testing through recommendations to the agency's associate administrator for safety.

In fact, we delay shuttle launchings for safety reasons and will continue to do so.

But the Russian space agency said it might delay manned launchings on the Soyuz — the only means of reaching the station for astronauts and cosmonauts — if the reasons for Wednesday's crash were not quickly determined.

"We have a redesign effort that we have ongoing as we speak," Mr. Counts said, adding that the Atlantis incident had not caused enough damage to warrant delays in launchings for subsequent missions.

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To avoid scheduling conflicts with an Air Force satellite launching at Cape Canaveral, NASA will only attempt launchings on Tuesday and, if there is a delay, on Wednesday before waiting until March 17.

Referring to Air Force plans, the Pentagon official said that launchings planned for 2006 had been delayed.

But another postponement would cause conflicts with other scheduled rocket launchings.

Mr. Lee, who uses various covert launching sites along the border, ridiculed Mr. Park's launchings at Imjingak as little more than publicity stunts.

As its existing satellites aged and the delays mounted, NOAA finally put a new model named Suomi into orbit a year ago that now helps bridge the gap until the next launchings, in 2017 and in 2022 — two and four years late, respectively.

There are five more launchings.