The U.S. Air Force has delayed its planned competition to build a second Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite, a service official said Sept 16.rnThe first SBSS satellite, which will use an optical telescope to keep tabs on objects in geostationary orbit, was built by Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems of Seal Beach, Calif., and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colo. The satellite's development took longer than expected, and its launch has been further delayed almost a year due to problems with its new Minotaur 4 launch vehicle. The Air Force now plans to launch the satellite on Sept. 26.
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