Thursday, 17 September 2009

Launch of SA satellite delayed again

The launch of South Africa’s SumbandilaSat has been delayed again, after the Russian space agency Roscosmos imposed another 24-hour hold on the rocket that will carry the microsatellite into space. The launch was originally meant to have happened on Tuesday evening, but high winds and a telemetry glitch forced Roscosmos to put a hold on the Soyuz-2 rocket.


http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/sumbandilasat-launch-looking-good-2009-09-16

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