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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Johnston Atoll, with its Hawaiian name Kalama, is about 825 miles southwest of Hawaii in the Central Pacific. The unincorporated U.S. territory is in a preserve called the ...

The Department of the Air Force has suspended plans to use an isolated Pacific island as a test site for landing rockets as it considers alternative sites. The service had chosen Johnston Atoll, an ...

Yahoo: Suit filed over lack of transparency on rocket testing plans at Johnston Atoll

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Suit filed over lack of transparency on rocket testing plans at Johnston Atoll

Stars and Stripes: Air Force picks remote Pacific atoll as site for cargo rocket trials

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Air Force picks remote Pacific atoll as site for cargo rocket trials

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Hawaii News Now: Military’s plan for rocket testing on Johnston Atoll raises alarm

Stars and Stripes: Air Force suspends plan to land cargo rockets on remote Pacific atoll

Air Force suspends plan to land cargo rockets on remote Pacific atoll

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Air Force has suspended plans it had proposed with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll, according to a report this ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A project proposed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the Air Force to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll could harm the many seabirds that nest at the ...

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A Coast Guard HC-130 evacuates personnel off Johnston Atoll due to a hurricane threat in 2019. Credit: U.S. Coast Guard photo WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is set to launch an environmental impact ...