Air Force officials on Monday reported the latest in a series of successful static tests at Edwards Air Force Base of a new, more powerful motor designed to boost the payload capacity of the Titan IV rocket.
The 2-minute, 20-second test on Sunday at the Air Force's Phillips Laboratory generated about 1.7 million pounds of thrust with the rocket motor attached to a test stand. The test was the third in a series of five planned since 1992 for the so-called solid rocket motor upgrade.
